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GA Code § 37-4-109 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 4 - Habilitation of the Developmentally Disabled Generally|Article 5 - Rights and Privileges of Developmentally Disabled Persons Undergoing Habilitation, Their Representatives, etc., Generally|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-4-109. Establishment of Patients and Staff Complaint Procedure; Final Decisionmakers; Right of Administrative Appeal; Complaint Procedures as Alternative to Legal Remedies

 The department shall establish procedures whereby complaints of the client or complaints of the staff concerning admission, treatment, or habilitation can be speedily heard. Clients shall receive reasonable notice of such procedures. Final decisions shall be made by the superintendent, the regional state hospital administrator, or an advisory committee, whichever is appropriate, with the right of appeal to the commissioner or his or her designee. The board shall establish rules and regulations for the implementation of such procedures. However, the client shall not be required to utilize these procedures in lieu of other available legal remedies.   (Code 1933, § 88-2503.22, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1826, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 37; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1324, § 1-14; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 3-15/HB 228.)   Cross references.   - Reports and investigations regarding mistreatment of hospital patients, residents of long-term care facilities, and others, §§ 31-7-9,31-8-50 et seq.,31-8-80 et seq.,31-8-100 et seq.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Validity, construction, application, and effect of Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 USC §§ 1997 - 1997j, 93 A.L.R. Fed. 706.
GA Code § 37-4-120 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 4 - Habilitation of the Developmentally Disabled Generally|Article 5 - Rights and Privileges of Developmentally Disabled Persons Undergoing Habilitation, Their Representatives, etc., Generally|Part 2 - Rights and Privileges as to Manner of Habilitation and as to Maintenance and Release of Clinical Records|§ 37-4-120. Individual Dignity of Clients to Be Respected; Use of Criminal Facilities and Procedures

 The client's dignity as an individual shall be respected at all times and upon all occasions, including any occasion wherein the client is taken into custody, detained, or transported. Except where required under conditions of extreme urgency, those procedures, facilities, vehicles, and restraining devices normally utilized for criminals or those accused of crime shall not be used in connection with the developmentally disabled.   (Code 1933, § 88-2503.2, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1826, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 3-5/HB 228.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Criminal responsibility for physical measures undertaken in connection with treatment of mentally disordered patient, 99 A.L.R.3d 854.
GA Code § 37-4-121 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 4 - Habilitation of the Developmentally Disabled Generally|Article 5 - Rights and Privileges of Developmentally Disabled Persons Undergoing Habilitation, Their Representatives, etc., Generally|Part 2 - Rights and Privileges as to Manner of Habilitation and as to Maintenance and Release of Clinical Records|§ 37-4-121. Securing of Least Restrictive Alternative Placement; Assisting Client in Securing Placement in Noninstitutional Community Facilities and Programs

 It is the policy of the state that the least restrictive alternative placement be secured for every client at every stage of his habilitation. It shall be the duty of the facility to assist the client in securing placement in noninstitutional community facilities and programs.   (Code 1933, § 88-2503.21, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1826, § 1.)
GA Code § 37-4-122 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 4 - Habilitation of the Developmentally Disabled Generally|Article 5 - Rights and Privileges of Developmentally Disabled Persons Undergoing Habilitation, Their Representatives, etc., Generally|Part 2 - Rights and Privileges as to Manner of Habilitation and as to Maintenance and Release of Clinical Records|§ 37-4-122. Client's Care and Treatment Rights

  Each client in a facility and each person receiving services for a developmental disability shall receive habilitation that is suited to his needs and is the least restrictive appropriate habilitation. Such habilitation shall be administered skillfully, safely, and humanely with full respect for his dignity and personal integrity.   In order to assure proper habilitation, it shall be the duty of the superintendent or regional state hospital administrator of a facility to ensure that each client receives such medical attention as is suitable to his condition.   Each client shall have the right to participate in his habilitation. The department shall issue regulations to ensure that each client participates in his habilitation to the maximum extent possible. Unless the disclosure to the client is determined by the superintendent or regional state hospital administrator or person having charge of the client's habilitation to be detrimental to the physical or mental health of the client and unless a notation to that effect is made a part of the client's record, the client shall have the right to reasonable access to review his medical file, to be told his diagnosis, to be consulted on the habilitation recommendation, and to be fully informed concerning his medication, including its side effects and available treatment alternatives.   If a client admitted to a facility under this chapter is able to secure the services of a private physician or psychologist, he shall be allowed to see his physician or psychologist at any reasonable time. The superintendent or regional state hospital administrator is authorized and directed to establish regulations designed to facilitate examination and treatment which a client may request from such private physician or psychologist.   Every client admitted to a facility under this chapter shall be examined by the staff of the admitting facility as soon as possible after his admission.    (Code 1933, § 88-2503.4, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1826, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1059, § 25; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1324, § 1-19; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 3-7/HB 228.)   Law reviews.   - For note on 1991 amendment of this Code section, see 8 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1992).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Criminal responsibility for physical measures undertaken in connection with treatment of mentally disordered patient, 99 A.L.R.3d 854.
GA Code § 37-4-126 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 4 - Habilitation of the Developmentally Disabled Generally|Article 5 - Rights and Privileges of Developmentally Disabled Persons Undergoing Habilitation, Their Representatives, etc., Generally|Part 2 - Rights and Privileges as to Manner of Habilitation and as to Maintenance and Release of Clinical Records|§ 37-4-126. Right of Client to Examine His Records and to Request Correction of Inaccuracies; Promulgation of Rules and Regulations; Judicial Supervision of Files and Records Relating to Proceedings Under This Chapter

  Except as provided in subsection (c) of Code Section 37-4-122, every client shall have the right to examine all medical records kept in the client's name by the department or the facility where the client was receiving services.   Every client shall have the right to request that the department or facility correct any inaccurate information found in his medical record.   The board shall promulgate reasonable rules and regulations to implement subsections (a) and (b) of this Code section. Nothing contained in this Code section shall be construed to require the deletion of information by the department nor constrain the department from destroying client records after a reasonable passage of time.   Notwithstanding paragraphs (7) and (8) of Code Section 15-9-37, all files and records of a court in a proceeding under this chapter shall remain sealed and shall be open to inspection only upon order of the court, issued after notice to the client and subject to the provisions of Code Section 37-4-125 pertaining to the medical portions of the record, provided that the court may refer to such files and records in any subsequent proceeding under this chapter concerning the same client, on condition that the files and records of such subsequent proceeding will then be sealed in accordance with this subsection. The court may permit authorized representatives of recognized organizations compiling statistics for proper purposes to inspect and make abstracts from official records but without personal identifying information and under whatever conditions upon their use and distribution that the court may deem proper, and the court may punish by contempt any violations of those conditions. Otherwise, inspection of the sealed files and records may be permitted only by an order of the court upon petition by the person who is the subject of the records and only by those persons named in the order.    (Code 1933, § 88-2503.13, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1826, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Release of medical information generally, § 24-12-1 et seq.
GA Code § 37-4-127 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 4 - Habilitation of the Developmentally Disabled Generally|Article 5 - Rights and Privileges of Developmentally Disabled Persons Undergoing Habilitation, Their Representatives, etc., Generally|Part 2 - Rights and Privileges as to Manner of Habilitation and as to Maintenance and Release of Clinical Records|§ 37-4-127. Right of Client's Attorney to Interview Persons in Charge of Client's Habilitation in a Facility; Establishment of Regulations as to Release of Information to Client's Attorney

 The client's attorney shall have the right, at reasonable times, to interview the persons in charge of the client's habilitation in any facility and to have the client's records interpreted by them. The superintendent or regional state hospital administrator is authorized and directed to establish reasonable regulations to make available to the client's attorney all such information in the possession of the facility as the attorney requires in order to advise and represent the client concerning his habilitation.   (Code 1933, § 88-2503.20, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1826, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1324, § 1-19.)   Cross references.   - Release of medical information generally, § 24-12-1 et seq.
GA Code § 37-7-40 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitalization and Treatment of Alcoholics, Drug Dependent Individuals, and Drug Abusers|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|§ 37-7-40. Designation by Department of Emergency Receiving Facilities; Reporting; Penalty for Noncompliance

  Any state owned or state operated facility may be designated by the department as an emergency receiving facility. The department shall maintain an emergency receiving facility at each Georgia regional hospital which shall accept, under Code Sections 37-7-41 through 37-7-44, patients found in any county in the service region of the hospital. Any other facility within the State of Georgia may be so designated by the department at the request of or with the consent of the governing officers of the facility.   No later than January 15, 2023, any emergency receiving facility designated under this Code section shall report to the department de-identified, aggregated data with the total number of:   Certificates received at the emergency receiving facility by county issued under subsection (a) of Code Section 37-7-41;   Such certificates received at the emergency receiving facility by each type of licensed professional authorized under Code Section 37-7-41;   Individuals examined in each emergency receiving facility designated or utilized by the department in accordance with subsection (a) of Code Section 37-7-41; and   Individuals admitted to each emergency receiving facility designated or utilized by the department following an examination in accordance with subsection (a) of Code Section 37-7-41.     The frequency of the reporting requirement required by subsection (b) of this Code section shall be determined by the department no later than December 31, 2021.   Failure to submit the information required by subsection (b) of this Code section as directed by the department shall result in the suspension of a facility's designation as an emergency receiving facility until the required reports are submitted to the department.    (Code 1933, § 88-404.6, enacted by Ga. L. 1971, p. 273, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-404.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1856, § 1; Ga. L. 2021, p. 686, § 3/HB 591.)    The 2021 amendment,  effective July 1, 2021, designated the existing provisions of this Code section as subsection (a) and added subsections (b) through (d).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Hospital's liability as to diagnosis and care of patients brought to emergency ward, 72 A.L.R.2d 396.
GA Code § 37-7-42 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitalization and Treatment of Alcoholics, Drug Dependent Individuals, and Drug Abusers|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|§ 37-7-42. Emergency Admission of Persons Arrested for Penal Offenses; Report by Officer; Entry of Report Into Clinical Record

  A peace officer may take any person to a physician within the county or an adjoining county for emergency examination by the physician, as provided in Code Section 37-7-41, or directly to an emergency receiving facility if the person is committing a penal offense and the peace officer has probable cause for believing that the person is an alcoholic, a drug dependent individual, or a drug abuser requiring involuntary treatment. The peace officer need not formally tender charges against the individual prior to taking the individual to a physician or an emergency receiving facility under this Code section. The peace officer shall execute a written report detailing the circumstances under which the person was taken into custody; and this report shall be made a part of the patient's clinical record.   Any psychologist may perform any act specified by this Code section to be performed by a physician. Any reference in any part of this chapter to a physician acting under this Code section shall be deemed to refer equally to a psychologist acting under this Code section. For purposes of this subsection, the term "psychologist" means any person authorized under the laws of this state to practice as a licensed psychologist.    (Code 1933, § 88-404.3, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1856, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 996, § 2; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 37.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1987, "physician" was substituted for "physican" following "examination by the" in the first sentence of subsection (a).   Cross references.   - Arrest of persons, T. 17, C. 4.   Licensing of applied psychologists, T. 43, C. 39.   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   When provisions of chapter to be followed.   - Drug addicts and alcoholics may be treated at local facilities or hospitals whenever their condition warrants, but in order to have such a person committed for pretrial confinement in a state operated facility, the provisions of Ga. L. 1971, p. 273 (see O.C.G.A. Ch. 7, T. 37) must be followed. 1974 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U74-85.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 25 Am. Jur. 2d, Drugs and Controlled Substances, §§ 90 et seq., 95.
GA Code § 37-7-44 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitalization and Treatment of Alcoholics, Drug Dependent Individuals, and Drug Abusers|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|§ 37-7-44. Giving Patient and His Representatives Notice of Their Rights Upon Patient's Admission to Emergency Receiving Facility

  Immediately upon arrival of a patient at an emergency receiving facility under Code Section 37-7-43, the facility shall give the patient written notice of his right to petition for a writ of habeas corpus or for a protective order under Code Section 37-7-148. This written notice shall also inform the patient that he has a right to legal counsel and that, if the patient is unable to afford counsel, the court will appoint counsel.   The notice informing the patient's representatives of the patient's hospitalization in an emergency receiving facility shall include a clear notification that the representatives may petition for a writ of habeas corpus or for a protective order under Code Section 37-7-148.    (Code 1933, § 88-404.10, enacted by Ga. L. 1971, p. 273, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-404.6, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1856, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1098, § 7.)   Cross references.   - Arrest of persons, T. 17, C. 4.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 25 Am. Jur. 2d, Drugs and Controlled Substances, § 93 et seq.   ALR.   - Hospital's liability as to diagnosis and care of patients brought to emergency ward, 72 A.L.R.2d 396.
GA Code § 37-7-60 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitalization and Treatment of Alcoholics, Drug Dependent Individuals, and Drug Abusers|Article 3 - Examination, Hospitalization, and Treatment of Involuntary Patients|Part 2 - Evaluating Facilities for Examination of Persons Ordered to Undergo Evaluation for Mental Illness|§ 37-7-60. Designation of Evaluating Facilities

 Any state owned or state operated facility may be designated by the department as an evaluating facility. The department shall maintain an evaluating facility at each Georgia regional hospital which shall accept, under Code Sections 37-7-61 through 37-7-65, patients found in any county in the service region of the hospital designated by the department. Any other facility within the State of Georgia may be so designated by the department at the request of or with the consent of the governing officers of the facility.   (Code 1933, § 88-404.11, enacted by Ga. L. 1971, p. 273, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-405.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1856, § 1.)
GA Code § 37-7-62 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitalization and Treatment of Alcoholics, Drug Dependent Individuals, and Drug Abusers|Article 3 - Examination, Hospitalization, and Treatment of Involuntary Patients|Part 2 - Evaluating Facilities for Examination of Persons Ordered to Undergo Evaluation for Mental Illness|§ 37-7-62. Hearing on Petition for Court Ordered Evaluation; Notice; Appointment of Representatives; Patient's Right to Counsel; Waiver of Hearing by Patient; Procedure Upon Issuance of Order for Evaluation

  The court shall review the petition filed under Code Section 37-7-61 and if the court finds reasonable cause to believe that the patient may be an alcoholic, a drug dependent individual, or a drug abuser requiring involuntary treatment, the court shall hold a full and fair hearing on the petition no sooner than ten days and no later than 15 days after such petition is filed. Within five days after the filing of such petition, the court shall serve notice of the hearing upon the patient and his representatives and upon the petitioner. Representatives for the patient shall be appointed pursuant to Code Section 37-7-147, provided that the court shall designate the second representative or, in the absence of designation of one representative by the patient, both representatives; and, in the absence of such representatives or if the department is the guardian, the court shall appoint a guardian ad litem who is not the department. The notice required by this Code section shall include the time and place of the hearing; notice of the patient's right to counsel, that the patient or his representatives may apply for court appointed counsel if the patient cannot afford counsel, and that the court will appoint counsel unless the patient indicates in writing that he does not wish to be represented by counsel; and notice that the patient may waive his rights to a hearing under this Code section. A copy of the petition filed under Code Section 37-7-61 shall be attached to the notice. The patient shall have a right to counsel. If the patient is unable to afford counsel, the court shall appoint counsel for the patient unless the patient indicates in writing that he does not desire to be represented by counsel. The hearing may be waived by the patient after appointment or waiver of counsel.   After a full and fair hearing or, if the hearing is waived, after a full review of the evidence, if the court is satisfied that immediate evaluation is necessary, the court shall issue an order to any peace officer to deliver the patient forthwith to the evaluating facility designated by the department to admit persons ordered by that court to be evaluated.    (Code 1933, § 88-404.13, enacted by Ga. L. 1971, p. 273, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-405.3, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1856, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Guardians of incapacitated adults, T. 29, C. 5.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 25 Am. Jur. 2d, Drugs and Controlled Substances, §§ 93, 94.
GA Code § 37-7-63 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitalization and Treatment of Alcoholics, Drug Dependent Individuals, and Drug Abusers|Article 3 - Examination, Hospitalization, and Treatment of Involuntary Patients|Part 2 - Evaluating Facilities for Examination of Persons Ordered to Undergo Evaluation for Mental Illness|§ 37-7-63. Admission of Persons to Evaluating Facilities for Evaluation and Emergency Treatment

 Any person who is brought to an evaluating facility under Code Section 37-7-43 or under a court order as provided in Code Section 37-7-62 shall be received for evaluation and such treatment as is indicated by good medical practice.   (Code 1933, § 88-404.14, enacted by Ga. L. 1971, p. 273, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-405.4, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1856, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 37.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 25 Am. Jur. 2d, Drugs and Controlled Substances, § 87 et seq.