{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-477","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 15-11-477","heading":"Orders for behavioral health evaluations.","body":"(a) At any time prior to the issuance of a final dispositional order, the court may order a behavioral health evaluation of a child alleged to be or adjudicated as a delinquent child which may be conducted by DBHDD or a private psychologist or psychiatrist.\n(b) The court shall order and give consideration to the results of a child’s behavioral health evaluation before ordering a child adjudicated for a class A designated felony act or class B designated felony act placed in restrictive custody; provided, however, that such order shall not be required if the court has considered the results of a prior behavioral health evaluation of such child that had been completed in the preceding six months.\n(c) Statements made by a child during a behavioral health evaluation shall only be admissible into evidence as provided in Code Section 15-11-479.","path":["TITLE 15 Courts","CHAPTER 11 Juvenile Code","Article 6 Delinquency","PART 1 General provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.15.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"3c89af88db1d2db62a2453d2469c1c6334b9c26664bf47fdaee69c1bba59f3c1","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-476","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-478"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}