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O.C.G.A. § 37-7-60: Designation of evaluating facilities.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 37 Mental Health
- CHAPTER 7 Hospitalization and Treatment of Alcoholics, Drug Dependent Individuals, and Drug Abusers
- Article 3 Examination, Hospitalization, and Treatment of Involuntary Patients
- PART 2 Evaluating Facilities for Examination of Persons Ordered to Undergo Evaluation for Mental Illness
Any state owned or state operated facility may be designated by the department as an evaluating facility. The department shall maintain an evaluating facility at each Georgia regional hospital which shall accept, under Code Sections 37-7-61 through 37-7-65, patients found in any county in the service region of the hospital designated by the department. Any other facility within the State of Georgia may be so designated by the department at the request of or with the consent of the governing officers of the facility.
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