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O.C.G.A. § 49-5-2 · Purpose of article.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-3 · Definitions.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-4 · Other state departments, agencies, officers, and employees to assist department.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-4.1 · Child welfare agency public scorecard established.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-5 · Powers and duties of board; rules and regulations for training schools and other facilities.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-6 · Merit system to conform to federal standards; power to employ and contract for professional services; employment and dismissal procedures; membership in state retirement system.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-7 · Development and administration of public child welfare and youth services.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-8 · Powers and duties of department.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-8.1 · Short-term babysitting of child in foster care; reasonable and prudent parent standard.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-9 · Use of public and private institutions and agencies; inspections; examination and control of children not in department’s facilities.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-10 · [Reserved] Commitment of delinquent or unruly children to department; procedures; handling and treatment; escape and apprehension; release; termination of control.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-10.1 · [Repealed] Temporary transfer of at-risk unruly or delinquent children to Department of Corrections; procedure; review; discharge.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-11 · [Reserved] Escape from a youth detention center.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-12 · Licensing and inspection of child welfare agencies; standards; revocation or refusal of license; penalties; violations.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-12.1 · Penalties for violation of child welfare agency laws and regulations.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-12.2 · Immunity from liability.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-12.3 · Definitions; annual inspection of child welfare agency.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-13 · Private child care learning centers not required to meet federal adult-child ratio.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-14 · [Reserved] Fire inspections of day-care homes and centers; fire safety codes.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-15 · Notice as to child brought into state for placement or adoption; bond; certificate as to foster home; reports.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-16 · Power of department to contract; acceptance of children from federal courts for compensation.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-17 · Power of department to accept and use gifts.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-18 · Instituting or intervening in legal proceedings.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-19 · Annual report on children and youth services.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-20 · Existing charters of charitable institutions.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-21 · Penalties for aiding, harboring, or encouraging escapees or hindering their apprehension.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-22 · Voluntary pre-kindergarten programs to provide toilet facilities screened for privacy.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-23 · Obtaining information on recall notices.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-24 · Interagency efforts to gather and share comprehensive data; legislative findings; state-wide system for sharing data regarding care and protection of children; interagency data protocol; interagency agreements; waivers from certain federal regulations.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-25 · Maternity supportive housing residences.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-40 · Definitions; confidentiality of records; restricted access to records.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-41 · Persons and agencies permitted access to records.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-41.1 · Inspection and retention of records of juvenile drug use.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-42 · Rules and regulations.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-43 · Article not to conflict with federal law or lose federal funds; duty of board.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-44 · Penalties for unauthorized access to records; use of records in public and criminal proceedings.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-45 · Penalty for allowing unauthorized access to juvenile drug use records.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-46 · Immunity from liability of department, agency, or child advocacy center.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-60 · Definitions.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-61 · Requirement of separate license and separate director for each new facility.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-62 · Records check application for director of new facility; preliminary records check for employees; retention of fingerprints.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-63 · Notice of determination; issuance of license; effect of unsatisfactory determination.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-64 · Fingerprint records check; retention.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-65 · Determination on the basis of fingerprint records check; revocation of license.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-65.1 · [Repealed] Employment of persons who have entered plea of guilty or nolo contendere to specified offenses.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-66 · Separate license and center.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-67 · Fingerprint records check application for director of existing facility; preliminary records check for employees; annual license.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-68 · Change of director.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-69 · Employment requirements; suspension or revocation of license or criminal penalty for violations.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-69.1 · Fingerprint and preliminary records check for foster homes; notice of results; violations; foster parents known to have criminal records; retention of fingerprints.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-70 · Required cooperation among state agencies; unauthorized use of criminal history record information.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-71 · Immunity from liability for centers, state agencies, and employees.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-72 · Supplemental nature of article’s requirements.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-73 · Applicability of “Georgia Administrative Procedure Act”; consideration of matters in mitigation of conviction.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-74 · Administration of article.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-90 · Definitions.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-91 · Emergency orders; corrective orders; monitors.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-92 · Preliminary hearing; department order; interim department actions.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-110 · Definitions.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-111 · Employers authorized to make records checks; procedure; retention of fingerprints.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-112 · Cooperation of law enforcement agencies; penalty for false information.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-113 · Personal liability; disciplinary action.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-114 · Other laws requiring records checks.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-115 · Letter issued by Department of Early Care and Learning in lieu of background screening or fingerprint checks.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-130 · Legislative findings and intent.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-131 · Definitions.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-132 · Governor’s Office for Children and Families established; funding; duties and responsibilities.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-133 · Executive director; cooperation with Office of the Child Advocate for the Protection of Children.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-134 · Advisory board established; membership; officers and committees; compensation.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-135 · Powers and duties of advisory board.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-150 · Legislative policy and intent.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-151 · Implementation of part.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-152 · Purchase of care or services from public or private agencies.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-153 · Annual report.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-154 · Study of youth needs.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-155 · Effect of article on Department of Juvenile Justice; office as recipient entity for federal grants.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-156 · Short title; legislative findings; development of program; awarding of grants; applications; recognition; reporting to General Assembly.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-160 · Definitions; qualifications.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-161 · Registration and form required; fee; issuance of certificate.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-162 · Policies; qualified staff; proof of liability coverage.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-163 · Display of registration; inspection of facilities; investigation.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-164 · Registered organization not exempt.
O.C.G.A. §§ 49-5-180 through 49-5-187 · [Reserved]
O.C.G.A. §§ 49-5-200 through 49-5-209 · [Reserved]
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-220 · Legislative findings and intent; State Plan for the Coordinated System of Care for severely emotionally disturbed children or adolescents.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-221 · Definitions.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-222 · Guiding principles for coordinated system of care.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-223 · Contents of plan; information to be collected; updating of plan; implementation date.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-224 · Commissioner of behavioral health and developmental disabilities to submit annual report; contents of report.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-225 · Local interagency committees; membership; function of committees.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-226 · Placement of children and adolescents out of state for treatment.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-227 · Governor’s Office for Children and Families to comment on plan for Coordinated System of Care and provide recommendations.
O.C.G.A. §§ 49-5-240 through 49-5-244
O.C.G.A. §§ 49-5-250 through 49-5-264 · [Reserved]
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-270 · Short title.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-271 · Legislative findings.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-272 · Definitions.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-273 · Creation of PeachCare; availability; eligibility; payment of premiums; enrollment; authorization to obtain income eligibility verification from the Department of Revenue.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-280 · Short title.
O.C.G.A. § 49-5-281 · Bill of rights for foster parents; filing of grievance in event of violations.