As used in this article, the term:
- “Alert system” means the state-wide “Mattie’s Call” alert system for missing disabled adults and medically endangered persons.
- “Disabled adult” means an adult who is developmentally impaired or who suffers from dementia or some other cognitive impairment.
- “Local law enforcement agency” means a law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the investigation of a missing disabled adult or other medically endangered person.
- “Medically endangered person” means a person with a known medical condition that might reasonably cause such person to become incapacitated or that may result in life-threatening physiological conditions likely to lead to serious bodily injury or death if not immediately treated.
History. Code 1981, § 38-3-111, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 539, § 1/HB 728; Code 1981, § 35-3-171 , as redesignated by Ga. L. 2008, p. 233, § 1/SB 202; Ga. L. 2014, p. 704, § 3/SB 23.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2014, p. 704, § 1/SB 23, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Stacey Nicole English Act.’ ”