§ 49-5-44. Penalties for Unauthorized Access to Records; Use of Records in Public and Criminal Proceedings
Any person who authorizes or permits any person or agency not listed in Code Section 49-5-41 to have access to such records concerning reports of child abuse declared confidential by Code Section 49-5-40 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person who knowingly and under false pretense obtains or attempts to obtain records or reports […]
§ 49-5-16. Power of Department to Contract; Acceptance of Children From Federal Courts for Compensation
The department shall have the power and is authorized: To enter into contracts with federal, state, county, and municipal governments and their agencies and departments; public and private institutions and agencies of this and other states; and individuals, as may be necessary or desirable in effectuating the purposes of this article; To enter into contracts […]
§ 49-5-45. Penalty for Allowing Unauthorized Access to Juvenile Drug Use Records
Any person who authorizes or permits any person or agency not authorized by the juvenile court pursuant to Code Section 49-5-41.1 to have access to such records concerning reports of child controlled substance or marijuana abuse declared confidential by Code Section 49-5-40 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History. Code 1981, § 49-5-45 , enacted […]
§ 49-5-17. Power of Department to Accept and Use Gifts
The department is authorized and empowered to receive, accept, hold, and use, on behalf of the state and for purposes provided for in this article, gifts, grants, donations, devises, and bequests of real, personal, and mixed property of every kind and description. History. Ga. L. 1963, p. 81, § 18.
§ 49-5-46. Immunity From Liability of Department, Agency, or Child Advocacy Center
The department, an agency, a child advocacy center, and employees thereof providing access to or disclosure of records or information as authorized by Code Section 49-5-41 shall have no civil liability or criminal responsibility therefor. History. Code 1981, § 49-5-46 , enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1778, § 4; Ga. L. 2016, p. 160, […]
§ 49-5-18. Instituting or Intervening in Legal Proceedings
The commissioner is authorized to institute or to intervene in any legal proceedings necessary to the performance of duties and responsibilities of the department and to the enforcement of this article and provisions of policies, standards, rules, and regulations established by the board in conformity with this article as may be commensurate with the legal […]
§ 49-5-60. Definitions
As used in this article, the term: “Center” means a child welfare agency, as defined in subsection (a) of Code Section 49-5-12, which is required to be licensed or registered under Article 1 of this chapter. “Conviction” means a finding or verdict of guilty or a plea of guilty regardless of whether an appeal of […]
§ 49-5-19. Annual Report on Children and Youth Services
The commissioner shall prepare and publish in print or electronically an annual report on the operations of the department and of county departments of family and children services under this article and submit it to the Governor, the board, and all interested persons, officials, agencies, and groups, public or private. The report shall contain, in […]
§ 49-5-20. Existing Charters of Charitable Institutions
Nothing in this article shall be deemed to revoke any charter of incorporation of any orphans’ home or charitable or benevolent institution incorporated and established under the Act of the General Assembly approved December 18, 1894 (Ga. L. 1894, p. 80), as amended by the Act of the General Assembly approved December 16, 1898 (Ga. […]
§ 49-5-21. Penalties for Aiding, Harboring, or Encouraging Escapees or Hindering Their Apprehension
Any person who shall knowingly aid, assist, or encourage any child or youth under the lawful control or custody of the department or of any licensed child welfare agency or home or facility used by such agency, public or private, to escape or to attempt to escape its control or custody shall be guilty of […]