{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-8-57","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 31-8-57","heading":"Reporting abuse.","body":"Any person who has reasonable cause to believe that a resident of a long-term care facility is being, or has been, abused, neglected, exploited, or abandoned or is in a condition which is the result of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or abandonment may report such information or cause a report to be made in any reasonable manner to the state ombudsman or community ombudsman, if any.","path":["TITLE 31 Health","CHAPTER 8 Care and Protection of Indigent and Elderly Patients","Article 3 Long-term Care Ombudsman Program"],"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":"e88950f6c5b302c25a1e04e0c66a4551dc6abecc9e859dbb9e039e4cd2425fab","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-8-56","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-8-58"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}