CHAPTER 3 - EXAMINATION, TREATMENT, ETC., FOR MENTAL ILLNESS
- ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- § 37-3-1 - Definitions
- § 37-3-2 - Authority of board to issue regulations; powers of department generally
- § 37-3-3 - Validity of hospitalization orders entered before September 1, 1978; establishment of regulations as to orders authorizing continued hospitalization of patients hospitalized before Septem
- § 37-3-4 - Immunity of physicians, peace officers, or other private or public hospital employees from liability for actions taken in good faith compliance with admission and discharge provisions of
- § 37-3-5 - Apprehension by peace officer of patient who leaves facility without permission
- § 37-3-6 - Approval of private facilities as emergency receiving, evaluating, or treatment facility; powers and duties of private facilities; right to deny admission
- § 37-3-7 - Abandoning or leaving patients on grounds of psychiatric hospital
- § 37-3-8 - Loitering or trespassing on grounds of psychiatric hospital
- ARTICLE 2 - HOSPITALIZATION AND TREATMENT OF VOLUNTARY PATIENTS
- § 37-3-20 - Admission of voluntary patients; consent of parent or guardian to treatment; giving notice of rights to patient at time of admission
- § 37-3-21 - Discharge of voluntary patients upon recovery or termination of need for hospitalization; notice of discharge
- § 37-3-22 - Right of voluntary patient to discharge upon application; exception; procedure on denial of application for discharge; notice of discharge
- § 37-3-23 - Giving voluntary patients periodic notice of rights
- § 37-3-24 - Transfer of involuntary patients to voluntary status; notice of transfer and of discharge of patients so transferred; discharge of transferred patient charged with criminal offense
- ARTICLE 3 - EXAMINATION, HOSPITALIZATION, AND TREATMENT OF INVOLUNTARY PATIENTS
- PART 1 - EMERGENCY RECEIVING FACILITIES FOR EXAMINATION OF PERSONS APPREHENDED PURSUANT TO PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATE, COURT ORDER, ETC
- PART 2 - EVALUATING FACILITIES FOR EXAMINATION OF PERSONS ORDERED TO UNDERGO EVALUATION FOR MENTAL ILLNESS
- PART 3 - DETERMINATION OF NEED FOR TREATMENT, ADMISSION TO TREATMENT FACILITIES
- PART 4 - INVOLUNTARY OUTPATIENT CARE
- ARTICLE 4 - PLACEMENT, TRANSFER, AND TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS GENERALLY
- § 37-3-100 - Placement and transfer of patients generally
- § 37-3-101 - Transportation of patients generally
- § 37-3-102 - Transfer of patients to custody of federal agencies for diagnosis, care, or treatment; retention of jurisdiction by Georgia courts; jurisdiction in federal hospitals and institutions lo
- § 37-3-103 - Procedure for transfer of Georgia residents from out-of-state hospitals to Georgia hospitals
- § 37-3-104 - Procedure upon discovery that a patient hospitalized in Georgia is not a resident
- ARTICLE 5 - PAYMENT OF EXPENSES OF PATIENT CARE AND TRANSPORTATION GENERALLY
- ARTICLE 6 - RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF PATIENTS, THEIR REPRESENTATIVES, ETC., GENERALLY