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GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
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Title 31. HEALTH |
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Chapter 14. HOSPITALIZATION FOR TUBERCULOSIS |
| § 31-14-1. "Active tuberculosis" defined; declaration of policy |
| § 31-14-2. Petition for commitment |
| § 31-14-3. Hearing on petition; notice; physical examination; court costs; attorney's fee; conduct of hearing |
| § 31-14-4. Service of copy of petition and order; penalty for failure to comply |
| § 31-14-5. Circumstances allowing custody pending hearing |
| § 31-14-6. Report of persons making examination; service of copies |
| § 31-14-7. Results of hearing; commitment to hospital or facility; dismissal of petition and release from custody; costs of transportation; review of commitment order |
| § 31-14-8. Period of confinement of patients committed under chapter |
| § 31-14-8.1. Continuation of confinement of patient; report required; hearing |
| § 31-14-8.2. Appeal from orders of superior court or hearing examiner; costs; right to counsel |
| § 31-14-9. Procedure for securing discharge; petition for habeas corpus |
| § 31-14-10. Enforcement of rules and regulations by county boards of health |
| § 31-14-11. Unauthorized leave of committed person from hospital or facility |
| § 31-14-12. Applicability of commitment provisions to persons who obey rules and regulations of department |
| § 31-14-13. Order directing compliance with plan of evaluation or outpatient treatment; contempt |
| § 31-14-14. Immunity from liability |
REFS & ANNOS
TITLE 31 Chapter 14 NOTE
CROSS REFERENCES. --Designation of department as agency responsible for supervision and administrative control of state hospitals for treatment of tubercular patients, § 37-1-21.
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS. --Tuberculosis control, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Department of Human Resources (now the Department of Community Health for these purposes), Public Health, Chapter 290-5-16.
LAW REVIEWS. --For note on 1995 amendments and enactments of Code sections in this chapter, see 12 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 247 (1995).
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS. --Tuberculosis control, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Department of Human Resources (now the Department of Community Health for these purposes), Public Health, Chapter 290-5-16.
LAW REVIEWS. --For note on 1995 amendments and enactments of Code sections in this chapter, see 12 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 247 (1995).