§ 37-3-85. Periodic Review of Individualized Service Plan; Procedure Upon End of Need for Involuntary Treatment; Designation of Discharge Decision Maker; Notice of Discharge or Transfer to Voluntary Status
Each individualized service plan for a patient receiving involuntary inpatient treatment shall be reviewed at regular intervals to determine the patient’s progress toward the stated goals and objectives of the plan and to determine whether the plan should be modified because of the patient’s present condition. These reviews should be based upon relevant progress notes […]
§ 37-3-42. 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 37-3-41, or directly to an emergency receiving facility if (i) the person is committing a penal offense, and (ii) the peace officer has probable cause for believing […]
§ 37-3-43. 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 […]
§ 37-3-44. Giving Person and Representatives Notice of Their Rights Upon Admission to Emergency Receiving Facility
Immediately upon arrival of a person at an emergency receiving facility under Code Section 37-3-43 or as soon thereafter as reasonably possible given a person’s condition or mental state at the time of arrival, the facility shall give the person written notice of his or her right to petition for a writ of habeas corpus […]
§ 37-3-60. Designation of Evaluating Facilities
Any state owned or state operated facility may be designated by the department as an evaluating facility. The department shall maintain an evaluating facility at each Georgia regional hospital which shall accept, under Code Sections 37-3-61 through 37-3-65, patients found in any county in the service region of the hospital designated by the department. Any […]
§ 37-3-61. Initiation of Proceedings for Court Ordered Evaluation
Proceedings for a court ordered evaluation may be initiated in the following manner: Any person may file an application executed under oath with the community mental health center for a court ordered evaluation of a person located within that county who is alleged by such application to be a mentally ill person requiring involuntary treatment. […]
§ 37-3-5. Apprehension by Peace Officer of Patient Who Leaves Facility Without Permission
If, during the period of involuntary hospitalization pursuant to any valid physician’s certificate, court order, or order by the hearing examiner authorized by this chapter, a patient escapes or otherwise leaves a facility without permission, the facility may advise any peace officer that the patient has escaped or otherwise left the facility without permission; and […]
§ 37-3-6. Approval of Private Facilities as Emergency Receiving, Evaluating, or Treatment Facility; Powers and Duties of Private Facilities; Right to Deny Admission
Any private facility within this state may be approved as an emergency receiving facility, an evaluating facility, or a treatment facility by the department at the request of or with the consent of the governing officers of such private facility. When so approved, the private facility shall have all powers given to the corresponding type […]
§ 37-3-7. Abandoning or Leaving Patients on Grounds of Psychiatric Hospital
Any person who abandons or leaves any patient on the grounds of any state owned or state operated psychiatric hospital without the permission of the regional state hospital administrator of the hospital commits the offense of criminal trespass. History. Ga. L. 1918, p. 274, § 1; Code 1933, § 35-9901; Code 1933, § 88-2715, enacted […]
§ 37-2-40. Discrimination or Retaliation Prohibited; Sanctions
No person shall discriminate or retaliate in any manner against any consumer, relative of a consumer, guardian or health care agent of a consumer, any employee of a services provider, or any other person for making a complaint or providing information in good faith to the ombudsman. Any person violating this Code section shall be […]