§ 37-7-23. Giving Voluntary Patients Periodic Notice of Rights
At the time of his admission and each six months thereafter, any voluntary patient admitted to a facility under Code Section 37-7-20 or transferred to voluntary status under Code Section 37-7-24 shall be notified in writing of his right to discharge upon application under Code Section 37-7-22 and of all other rights granted to patients […]
§ 37-6-5. Statements of Operating Costs
The department may require any day-care center that receives state funds under Code Sections 37-6-2 and 37-6-4 to submit to the department at appropriate times certified statements of operating costs. History. Ga. L. 1966, p. 374, §§ 4, 8.
§ 37-7-24. Transfer of Involuntary Patients to Voluntary Status; Notice of Transfer and of Discharge of Patients So Transferred; Discharge of Transferred Patient Charged With Criminal Offense
Any involuntary patient may apply to be transferred to voluntary status of hospitalization and shall be so transferred if he is able to understand and exercise the rights and powers of a voluntary patient unless the chief medical officer finds that this would not be in the best interest of the patient, which finding shall […]
§ 37-6-6. Inspection and Approval of Day-Care Centers
The department is authorized, directed, and empowered (1) to inspect day-care centers for the developmentally disabled in order to determine compliance with departmental standards for such centers and (2) to approve those day-care centers which meet minimum departmental standards for matching funds under Code Section 37-6-2 or grants-in-aid under Code Section 37-6-4. Inspection shall include […]
§ 37-6-7. Departmental Standards for Day-Care Centers
The department is authorized, directed, and empowered: To classify day-care centers; and To prescribe and set out the kind and quality of buildings, equipment, facilities, and services which day-care centers shall maintain in order to give proper care and training to developmentally disabled individuals. The board shall have the power to adopt and promulgate reasonable […]
§ 37-6-8. Expenditure of Funds Appropriated for This Chapter
The department is authorized, directed, and empowered to expend funds appropriated to the department for the purposes of administering this chapter. History. Ga. L. 1963, p. 259, § 7; Ga. L. 1966, p. 374, § 11.
§ 37-5-2. Declaration of Policy
Since the State of Georgia accepts a responsibility for its developmentally disabled citizens and an obligation to them which it must discharge, facilities, programs, and services shall be made available to meet the needs of each developmentally disabled person during his entire lifetime. The primary purpose of this chapter shall be to provide community based […]
§ 37-5-3. Community Services Defined
As used in this chapter, the term “community services” means a coordinated, consumer and family centered, consumer and family directed, and comprehensive system of community services, individualized supports, and other forms of assistance that enable individuals with developmental disabilities to exercise self-determination, be independent, be productive, and be integrated and included in all facets of […]
§ 37-5-4. Applicability of Chapter; Eligibility for Community Services
This chapter shall apply to all county boards of health in Georgia and to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities. Developmentally disabled individuals who are not eligible to receive community services from other public agencies and developmentally disabled individuals who are not in fact receiving such services shall be entitled to receive all […]
§ 37-5-5. Duty of County Board of Health to Provide Community Services; District Health Department to Advise Families or Guardians of Developmentally Disabled Individuals
County boards of health shall, subject to limitations herein specified, provide community services and shall employ such personnel as may be needed to serve developmentally disabled individuals in their respective counties. The district health department shall be the source of referral and information for the families or guardians of developmentally disabled individuals providing lifetime advice […]