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The following persons shall not serve as a declarant’s agent:

  1. Such declarant’s provider or an employee of that provider unless such employee is a family member, friend, or associate of such declarant and is not directly involved in such declarant’s mental health care; or
  2. An employee of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities or of a local public mental health agency or of any organization that contracts with a local public mental health authority unless such employee is a family member, friend, or associate of such declarant and is not directly involved in such declarant’s mental health care.

History. Code 1981, § 37-11-7 , enacted by Ga. L. 2022, p. 611, § 1-1/HB 752.