{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-37-5-8","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 37-5-8","heading":"Duty of department to establish standards for community services, inspect programs, issue statements of approval; procedure upon discovery of deficiencies; reinspection.","body":"The department shall establish standards for community services, shall regularly inspect programs under operation, and shall issue statements of approval to programs which meet state standards. Where deficiencies are found, county boards of health shall be notified and a reasonable time to correct such deficiencies shall be allowed. Reinspections shall be made as necessary to assure state approval of services.","path":["TITLE 37 Mental Health","CHAPTER 5 Community Services for the Developmentally Disabled"],"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":"9633b65553a7e57bfce60689f6ebd00029ef724666d23dac4ad6b2e71ed98a4b","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-37-5-7","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-37-5-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}