{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-37-2-40","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 37-2-40","heading":"Discrimination or retaliation prohibited; sanctions.","body":"(a) No person shall discriminate or retaliate in any manner against any consumer, relative of a consumer, guardian or health care agent of a consumer, any employee of a services provider, or any other person for making a complaint or providing information in good faith to the ombudsman.\n(b) Any person violating this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.","path":["TITLE 37 Mental Health","CHAPTER 2 Administration of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, Addictive Diseases, and Other Disability Services","Article 2 Administration of Mental Disability Services","PART 1 Office of Disability Services Ombudsman"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.37.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":"c55ed256f7ae8864c1190bed0d9b02554f98268c7799fa05debf7e337e097457","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-37-2-39","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-37-2-41"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}