{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-37-3-140","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 37-3-140","heading":"Retention of rights and privileges by patients generally; right to due process.","body":"Patients shall retain all rights and privileges granted other persons or citizens. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no person who is receiving or has received services for a mental illness shall be deprived of any civil, political, personal, or property rights or be considered legally incompetent for any purpose without due process of law.","path":["TITLE 37 Mental Health","CHAPTER 3 Examination, Treatment, etc., for Mental Illness","Article 6 Rights and Privileges of Patients, Their Representatives, etc., Generally","PART 1 General Provisions"],"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":"8405c72eae7f717a3bc4a55dc194d5a21beb5fe0696e93e7067699da08e8ae4c","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-37-3-122","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-37-3-141"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}