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GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
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Title 37. MENTAL HEALTH |
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Chapter 3. EXAMINATION, TREATMENT, ETC., FOR MENTAL ILLNESS |
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Article 3. EXAMINATION, HOSPITALIZATION, AND TREATMENT OF INVOLUNTARY PATIENTS |
| Part 1. EMERGENCY RECEIVING FACILITIES FOR EXAMINATION OF PERSONS APPREHENDED PURSUANT TO PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATE, COURT ORDER, ETC. |
| § 37-3-40. Designation by department of emergency receiving facilities |
| § 37-3-42. Emergency admission of persons arrested for penal offenses; report by officer; entry of report into clinical record |
| § 37-3-43. Procedure upon admission; notice of proposed discharge |
| § 37-3-44. Giving patient and his representatives notice of their rights upon patient's admission to emergency receiving facility |
| Part 2. EVALUATING FACILITIES FOR EXAMINATION OF PERSONS ORDERED TO UNDERGO EVALUATION FOR MENTAL ILLNESS |
| § 37-3-60. Designation of evaluating facilities |
| § 37-3-61. Initiation of proceedings for court ordered evaluation |
| § 37-3-63. Admission of persons to evaluating facilities for evaluation and emergency treatment |
| § 37-3-64. Length of detention in evaluating facility; discharge; procedure upon determination of need for hospitalization or involuntary treatment; recipients of notice of discharge from facility |
| § 37-3-65. Request for transfer to another evaluating facility; recipients of notice of transfer |
| Part 3. DETERMINATION OF NEED FOR TREATMENT, ADMISSION TO TREATMENT FACILITIES |
| § 37-3-80. Designation of treatment facilities |
| § 37-3-81. Procedure for detention of patient beyond evaluation period; final disposition |
| § 37-3-81.1. Disposition of patient upon hearing |
| § 37-3-82. Procedure upon failure of or noncompliance with involuntary outpatient treatment plan |
| § 37-3-83. Procedure for continued involuntary hospitalization |
| § 37-3-84. Appointment of hearing examiners for hearings as to continued hospitalization; powers of hearing examiners generally; issuance of subpoenas |
| Part 4. INVOLUNTARY OUTPATIENT CARE |
| § 37-3-90. Physician's or psychologist's determination and certification as to necessity of involuntary care; treatment of patient as inpatient or outpatient; minors |
| § 37-3-91. Discharge of persons meeting outpatient care criteria |
| § 37-3-92. Hearing; notice; waiver of hearing; apprehension and detention of patient failing to appear; treatment upon waiver |
| § 37-3-93. Court order for outpatient treatment; physician's or psychologist's petition to extend order; review of petition; hearing on extension petition; patients under juvenile court jurisdiction |
| § 37-3-94. Reviews of individual service plans; discharge of patients from treatment; notice of discharge |
| § 37-3-95. Discharge of patients under criminal charges |
REFS & ANNOS
TITLE 37 Chapter 3 Article 3 NOTE
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
PRIVATE MENTAL HOSPITALS. --Georgia statutes neither compel nor encourage involuntary commitment, precluding a private mental hospital from becoming a state actor by state compulsion, for purposes of a suit under the federal civil rights act. Harvey v. Harvey, 949 F.2d 1127 (11th Cir. 1992).
PRIVATE MENTAL HOSPITALS. --Georgia statutes neither compel nor encourage involuntary commitment, precluding a private mental hospital from becoming a state actor by state compulsion, for purposes of a suit under the federal civil rights act. Harvey v. Harvey, 949 F.2d 1127 (11th Cir. 1992).