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GA Code § 37-7-65 (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|§ 37-7-65. Request for Transfer to Another Evaluating Facility; Direction of Notice of Transfer

 Any patient admitted to an evaluating facility may apply to the chief medical officer of that facility for transfer at his own expense to any other approved evaluating facility. If the evaluating facility to which transfer is requested agrees to admit the patient and if the patient is able to pay for evaluation at such facility, he shall be transferred forthwith. In such case, Code Section 37-7-64 shall apply; and the time periods specified shall be counted from the date of admission to the evaluating facility to which the patient is transferred. Notice of the transfer shall be given to the patient's representatives; to the person who filed the original petition, if any; if the patient was admitted to the evaluating facility from an emergency receiving facility under Code Section 37-7-43, to the physician or psychologist who executed the certificate or to the court which issued the order pursuant to Code Section 37-7-41; if the patient was under criminal charges of which the facility received written notification, by certified mail or statutory overnight delivery to the law enforcement agency originally having custody of the patient; and, if the patient was admitted to the evaluating facility under Code Section 37-7-62, to the court that ordered the evaluation.   (Code 1933, § 88-404.17, enacted by Ga. L. 1971, p. 273, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-405.7, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1856, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1902, § 19; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 3.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 16, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment to this Code section is applicable with respect to notices delivered on or after July 1, 2000.
GA Code § 37-7-80 (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 3 - Determination of Need for Treatment, Admission to Treatment Facilities|§ 37-7-80. Designation of Treatment Facilities

 Any state owned or state operated facility may be designated by the department as a treatment facility. The department shall maintain a treatment facility at each regional hospital which shall accept 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.   (Code 1933, § 88-404.19, enacted by Ga. L. 1971, p. 273, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-406.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1856, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1098, § 9.)
GA Code § 37-7-84 (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 3 - Determination of Need for Treatment, Admission to Treatment Facilities|§ 37-7-84. Appointment of Hearing Examiners for Hearings as to Continued Hospitalization; Powers of Hearing Examiners Generally; Issuance of Subpoenas

  One or more hearing examiners shall be appointed by the Justices of the Supreme Court to hold the hearings under Code Section 37-7-83. Such hearing examiners shall be members of the State Bar of Georgia and shall be compensated by the department.   The hearing examiners shall have the authority to:   Administer oaths and affirmations;   Sign and issue subpoenas;   Rule upon offers of proof;   Regulate the course of the hearing;   Provide for the taking of testimony by deposition;   Reprimand or exclude from the hearing any person for any indecorous or improper conduct committed in the presence of the hearing examiner; and   Make all appropriate orders authorized by this chapter.     If a subpoena issued by the hearing examiner is disobeyed, the hearing examiner may apply to the superior court of the county in which the hearing is held for an order requiring obedience. Failure to comply with such order shall be cause for punishment as for contempt of court.   In the event a patient desires counsel in a hearing before the hearing examiner but cannot afford such counsel, the hearing examiner shall apply to the court of the county in which the hearing is held and that court shall appoint counsel for the patient. Payment for such representation shall be made by the county of the patient's legal residence.    (Code 1933, § 88-404.22, enacted by Ga. L. 1971, p. 273, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-406.4, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1856, § 1; Ga. L. 1979, p. 744, § 9; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1098, § 9.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 25 Am. Jur. 2d, Drugs and Controlled Substances, §§ 93, 94.
GA Code § 37-7-92 (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 4 - Outpatient Treatment|§ 37-7-92. Hearing; Notice; Waiver of Hearing; Apprehension and Detention of Patient Failing to Appear; Treatment Upon Waiver

  Except when a hearing is waived as provided in this subsection, within 30 days after the filing of the petition under subsection (d) of Code Section 37-7-91, the court shall hold a full and fair hearing. At least ten days prior to that hearing, the court shall have served on the patient and the patient's representatives the same notices and information required by paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (a) of Code Section 37-7-81, as well as a notice that the patient may waive in writing the hearing but if the patient does not either attend or waive the hearing the court may order the patient to be taken into custody, hospitalized, evaluated, and treated. The patient and representatives shall have the rights specified in those notices. Hearings held pursuant to this subsection shall be held as provided in Code Section 37-7-81.1, and the court holding the hearing may issue any order authorized by and subject to the limitations of that Code Section 37-7-81.1.   If the patient is notified of the hearing as required under subsection (a) of this Code section and does not appear at or waive that hearing, absent a showing of good cause for not appearing, the court may issue an order commanding any peace officer to take such person into custody and deliver that person to an emergency receiving facility or the referring facility if there is a physician or psychologist available there, and this chapter shall thereafter apply to that patient as though the patient had been admitted to that facility pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 37-7-41.   If the hearing is waived as provided in subsection (a) of this Code section, that hearing shall not be held but the court shall order the patient to obtain available outpatient treatment under the individualized treatment plan submitted with the petition for hearing.     (Code 1981, §37-7-92, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 1098, § 10; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1902, § 24.)
GA Code § 37-7-94 (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 4 - Outpatient Treatment|§ 37-7-94. Reviews of Individual Service Plans; Discharge of Patients From Treatment; Notice of Discharge

  Each individualized treatment plan for available outpatient treatment shall be reviewed at regular intervals to determine the patient's progress toward the stated goals and objectives of the plan and to determine whether the plan should be modified because of the patient's present condition. These reviews should be based upon relevant progress notes in the patient's clinical record and upon other related information; and input from the patient should be obtained and utilized where feasible.   Any time a patient is found by the physician or psychologist in charge of the patient's outpatient treatment no longer to be an alcoholic, a drug dependent individual, or a drug abuser requiring involuntary treatment, that physician or psychologist shall discharge the patient from further compliance with the treatment.   Notice of the discharge under subsection (b) of this Code section shall be given to the patient and his representatives; to the court which originally ordered such involuntary treatment; and, if the patient was under criminal charges of which the facility received written notification, by certified mail or statutory overnight delivery to the law enforcement agency originally having custody of the patient.     (Code 1981, §37-7-94, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 1098, § 10; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1059, § 38; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 3.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 16, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment to this Code section is applicable with respect to notices delivered on or after July 1, 2000.
GA Code § 37-7-95 (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 4 - Outpatient Treatment|§ 37-7-95. Discharge of Patients Under Criminal Charges

 Notwithstanding any other provisions of any part of this article, a patient under criminal charges, notice of which has been given in writing to the facility, may only be discharged from the physical custody of a facility if the facility, by certified mail or statutory overnight delivery, provides written notification of the proposed discharge to the law enforcement agency originally having custody of the patient and the patient is discharged into the physical custody of a peace officer from that agency. That agency shall be required to assume such physical custody within five days after receipt in writing of the notification of proposed discharge.    (Code 1981, §37-7-95, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 1098, § 10; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 3.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 16, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment to this Code section is applicable with respect to notices delivered on or after July 1, 2000.
GA Code § 37-7-140 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitalization and Treatment of Alcoholics, Drug Dependent Individuals, and Drug Abusers|Article 6 - Rights and Privileges of Patients, Their Representatives, and Others Generally|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-7-140. Retention of Rights and Privileges by Patients Generally; Right to Due Process

 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 alcoholism or drug abuse shall be deprived of any civil, political, personal, or property rights or be considered legally incompetent for any purpose without due process of law.   (Code 1933, § 88-411, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-406.5, enacted by Ga. L. 1971, p. 273, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-402.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1856, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Rights of persons generally, T. 1, C. 2.    Habitual intoxication or habitual drug addiction as grounds for divorce, § 19-5-3.
GA Code § 37-7-141 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitalization and Treatment of Alcoholics, Drug Dependent Individuals, and Drug Abusers|Article 6 - Rights and Privileges of Patients, Their Representatives, and Others Generally|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-7-141. Patients' Right to Legal Counsel

 It shall be the responsibility of the department to see that every patient is given the opportunity to secure legal counsel at his own expense to represent him in connection with private, personal, domestic, business, civil, criminal, and all other legal matters in which he may be involved during hospitalization.   (Code 1933, § 88-402.15, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1856, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Right to legal counsel generally, U.S. Const., amend. 6 and Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. XIV.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 25 Am. Jur. 2d, Drugs and Controlled Substances, §§ 89, 93, 94.   ALR.   - Accused's right to represent himself in state criminal proceedings - modern state cases, 98 A.L.R.3d 13.
GA Code § 37-7-143 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitalization and Treatment of Alcoholics, Drug Dependent Individuals, and Drug Abusers|Article 6 - Rights and Privileges of Patients, Their Representatives, and Others Generally|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-7-143. Patients' Rights in Regard to Personal Effects; Liability of Facility's Employees and Staff Members for Loss of or Damage to Patients' Personal Effects

 A patient's rights to his personal effects shall be respected. The chief medical officer may take temporary custody of such effects when required for medical reasons. The facility shall make reasonable efforts to assure the safety of the patient's belongings, but no employee or staff member shall be responsible for loss of or damage to such property where reasonable safety precautions have been taken.   (Code 1933, § 88-402.8, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1856, § 1.)
GA Code § 37-7-144 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitalization and Treatment of Alcoholics, Drug Dependent Individuals, and Drug Abusers|Article 6 - Rights and Privileges of Patients, Their Representatives, and Others Generally|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-7-144. Patients' Right to Vote

 Each patient in a facility who is eligible to vote shall be given his right to vote in primary, special, and general elections and in referendums. The superintendent or regional state hospital administrator of each facility shall permit and reasonably assist patients:    To obtain voter registration forms, applications for absentee ballots, and absentee ballots;   To comply with other requirements which are prerequisite for voting; and   To vote by absentee ballot if necessary.    (Code 1933, § 88-402.9, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1856, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 10, § 37; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1324, § 1-19.)   Cross references.   - Right to elective franchise generally, U.S. Const., amend. 15; Ga. Const. 1983, Art. II, Sec. I, Para. II; and § 1-2-6.    Absentee voting, § 21-2-380 et seq.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 26 Am. Jur. 2d, Elections, § 231 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 29 C.J.S., Elections, § 345 et seq.
GA Code § 37-7-145 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitalization and Treatment of Alcoholics, Drug Dependent Individuals, and Drug Abusers|Article 6 - Rights and Privileges of Patients, Their Representatives, and Others Generally|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-7-145. Employment of Patients Outside Facilities

 If a patient wishes to be employed outside a facility and if such employment will aid in the patient's treatment, he shall be assisted in his efforts to secure suitable employment and all benefits flowing from such employment. The department shall encourage such employment of patients and shall promote the training of patients for gainful employment after discharge. All benefits of such employment shall accrue solely to the patient.   (Code 1933, § 88-402.10, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1856, § 1.)
GA Code § 37-7-146 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitalization and Treatment of Alcoholics, Drug Dependent Individuals, and Drug Abusers|Article 6 - Rights and Privileges of Patients, Their Representatives, and Others Generally|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-7-146. Education of Children Undergoing Treatment in a Facility

 The rights of any child under treatment in a facility to an appropriate education at public expense shall not be abridged during hospitalization; and the special educational needs of each child shall be individually considered and respected. The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities and the State Department of Education shall ensure that education is provided for all patients of school age who are hospitalized in any state owned, state operated, or any other designated facility.   (Code 1933, § 88-402.11, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1856, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 3-2/HB 228.)
GA Code § 37-7-148 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitalization and Treatment of Alcoholics, Drug Dependent Individuals, and Drug Abusers|Article 6 - Rights and Privileges of Patients, Their Representatives, and Others Generally|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-7-148. Rights of Patients or Representatives to Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus and for Judicial Protection of Rights and Privileges Granted by This Chapter

  At any time and without notice, a person detained by a facility or a relative or friend on behalf of such person may petition, as provided by law, for a writ of habeas corpus to question the cause and legality of detention and to request any court of competent jurisdiction on its own initiative to issue a writ for release, provided that, in the case of any such petition for the release of a person detained in a facility pursuant to a court order under Code Section 17-7-130 or 17-7-131, a copy of the petition along with proper certificate of service shall also be served upon the presiding judge of the court ordering such detention and the prosecuting attorney for such court, which service may be made by certified mail or statutory overnight delivery, return receipt requested.   A patient or his representatives may file a petition in the appropriate court alleging that the patient is being unjustly denied a right or privilege granted by this chapter or that a procedure authorized by this chapter is being abused. Upon the filing of such a petition, the court shall have the authority to conduct a judicial inquiry and to issue appropriate orders to correct any abuse under this chapter.    (Code 1933, § 88-406.2, enacted by Ga. L. 1971, p. 273, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-402.14, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1856, § 1; Ga. L. 1980, p. 678, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 3.)   Cross references.   - Habeas corpus generally, T. 9, C. 14.    Penalty for malicious confinement of sane person in asylum, § 16-5-43.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 16, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment to this Code section is applicable with respect to notices delivered on or after July 1, 2000.
GA Code § 37-7-149 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitalization and Treatment of Alcoholics, Drug Dependent Individuals, and Drug Abusers|Article 6 - Rights and Privileges of Patients, Their Representatives, and Others Generally|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-7-149. Establishment of Patients and Staff Complaint Procedures; Making of Final Decisions; Complaint Procedures as Alternative to Legal Remedies

 Each facility shall establish procedures whereby complaints of the patient or complaints of the staff concerning treatment of the patient can be speedily heard, with final decisions to be made by the superintendent, the regional state hospital administrator, or an advisory committee, whichever is appropriate. The board shall establish reasonable rules and regulations for the implementation of such procedures. However, the patient shall not be required to utilize these procedures in lieu of other available legal remedies.   (Code 1933, § 88-402.22, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1856, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1324, § 1-16.)   Cross references.   - Reports and investigations regarding mistreatment of hospital patients, residents of long-term care facilities, and other institutions, §§ 31-7-9,31-8-50 et seq.,31-8-80 et seq.,31-8-100 et seq.
GA Code § 37-7-160 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitalization and Treatment of Alcoholics, Drug Dependent Individuals, and Drug Abusers|Article 6 - Rights and Privileges of Patients, Their Representatives, and Others Generally|Part 2 - Rights and Privileges as to Manner of Care and Treatment and as to Maintenance and Release of Clinical Records|§ 37-7-160. Individual Dignity of Patients to Be Respected; Treatment of Alcoholics and Drug Abusers as Medical Patients; Use of Criminal Facilities and Procedures

 The patient's dignity as an individual shall be respected at all times and upon all occasions, including any occasion wherein the patient is taken into custody, detained, or transported. Alcoholics, drug dependent individuals, or drug abusers or those suspected of being alcoholics, drug dependent individuals, or drug abusers shall, to the maximum extent reasonably possible, be treated at all times as medical patients.All patients shall be treated by a physician or psychologist acting within the scope of his or her license. 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 alcoholics, drug dependent individuals, or drug abusers.   (Code 1933, § 88-402.2, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1856, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1902, § 26.)
GA Code § 37-7-161 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitalization and Treatment of Alcoholics, Drug Dependent Individuals, and Drug Abusers|Article 6 - Rights and Privileges of Patients, Their Representatives, and Others Generally|Part 2 - Rights and Privileges as to Manner of Care and Treatment and as to Maintenance and Release of Clinical Records|§ 37-7-161. Securing of Least Restrictive Alternative Placement; Assisting Patient 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 patient at every stage of his medical treatment and care. It shall be the duty of the facility to assist the patient in securing placement in noninstitutional community facilities and programs.   (Code 1933, § 88-402.21, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1856, § 1.)