{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-36b-3","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 31-36B-3","heading":"Lay caregiver involvement in discharge.","body":"(a) Upon inpatient admission to a hospital, each patient shall have the opportunity to identify at least one lay caregiver to be involved in the discharge planning process.\n(b) A patient may elect to change his or her lay caregiver by notifying the hospital of such change.\n(c) Identification of a lay caregiver by a patient under this chapter does not obligate any individual to perform any aftercare tasks for the patient.\n(d) This Code section shall not be construed so as to require a patient to identify any individual as a lay caregiver.","path":["TITLE 31 Health","CHAPTER 36B Georgia Caregivers"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.31.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":"68aa27478b94cbac1781ab8b4dbb06207770fc5bcb5fd836e186fcc9d4bcd551","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-36b-2","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-36b-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}