§ 37-7-43. Procedure Upon Admission; Notice of Proposed Discharge
A patient who is admitted to an emergency receiving facility shall be examined by a physician as soon thereafter as possible but in any event within 48 hours and may be given such emergency treatment as is indicated by good medical practice. The patient must be discharged within 48 hours of his admission unless: An […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 37-7-41. Emergency Involuntary Treatment; Who May Certify Need; Delivery for Examination; Report of Delivery Required; Annual Report
Any physician within this state may execute a certificate stating that he has personally examined a person within the preceding 48 hours and found that, based upon observations set forth in the certificate, the person appears to be an alcoholic, a drug dependent individual, or a drug abuser requiring involuntary treatment. A physician’s certificate shall […]
§ 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 […]