CHAPTER 7 - HOSPITALIZATION, TREATMENT, ETC., OF ALCOHOLICS, DRUG DEPENDENT INDIVIDUALS, AND DRUG ABUSERS
- ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- § 37-7-1 - Definitions
- § 37-7-2 - Authority of board to issue regulations; powers of department generally
- § 37-7-3 - Coordination of state drug and alcohol abuse programs
- § 37-7-4 - Validity of hospitalization orders entered before September 1, 1978; establishment of regulations authorizing continued hospitalization of patients hospitalized before September 1, 1978
- § 37-7-5 - Immunity from liability for actions taken in good faith compliance with admission and discharge provisions of chapter
- § 37-7-6 - Apprehension by peace officer of patient who leaves facility without permission
- § 37-7-7 - Approval of private facilities as emergency receiving facilities, evaluating facilities, or treatment facilities; powers and duties of private facilities; right to deny admission
- § 37-7-8 - "Drug" defined; Right of minor to obtain treatment of drug abuse on his consent alone; binding effect of consent; informing minor's parent, spouse, custodian, or guardian of treatment
- ARTICLE 2 - HOSPITALIZATION AND TREATMENT OF VOLUNTARY PATIENTS
- § 37-7-20 - Admission of voluntary patients; parental consent to treatment; giving notice of rights to patient at time of admission
- § 37-7-21 - Discharge of voluntary patients upon recovery or termination of need for hospitalization; notice of discharge
- § 37-7-22 - Right of voluntary patient to discharge upon application; procedure on denial of application for discharge; notice of discharge
- § 37-7-23 - Giving voluntary patients periodic notice of rights
- § 37-7-24 - 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 OR COURT ORDER
- 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 - OUTPATIENT TREATMENT
- ARTICLE 4 - PLACEMENT, TRANSFER, AND TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS GENERALLY
- § 37-7-100 - Placement and transfer of patients generally
- § 37-7-101 - Transportation of patients generally
- § 37-7-102 - Transfer to custody of federal agencies for diagnosis, care, or treatment; retention of jurisdiction by State courts; jurisdiction over patients in federal hospitals and institutions lo
- § 37-7-103 - Procedure for transfer of Georgia residents from out-of-state hospitals to Georgia hospitals
- § 37-7-104 - 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