§ 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 […]
§ 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. History. Code 1933, § 88-2503.21, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, […]
§ 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 […]
§ 37-4-123. Recognition of Clients’ Physical Integrity; Rights to Refuse Medication; Obtaining Consent to Treatment and Surgery; Performance of Emergency Surgery; Immunity of Physician; Direction of Notice of Actions Taken Under Code Section
It shall be the policy of this state to recognize the personal physical integrity of all clients. It shall be the policy of this state to protect reasonably the right of every individual to refuse medication, except in cases where a physician determines that refusal would be unsafe to the client or others. If the […]
§ 37-4-124. Mistreatment, Neglect, or Abuse of Clients Prohibited; Use of Medication, Physical Restraints, or Seclusion Restricted; Standards for Use of Physical Restraints
Mistreatment, neglect, or abuse in any form of any client is prohibited. Medication in quantities that interfere with the client’s habilitation program is prohibited. All medication, seclusion, or physical restraints are to be used solely for the purposes of providing effective habilitation and protecting the safety of the client and other persons. Restraints shall not […]
§ 37-4-125. Treatment of Clinical Records; Scope of Privileged Communications; Liability for Disclosure
A clinical record for each client shall be maintained. Authorized release of the record shall include but not be limited to examination of the original record, copies of all or any portion of the record, or disclosure of information from the record, except for matters privileged under the laws of this state. Such examination shall […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]