GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
Title 37. MENTAL HEALTH |
Chapter 4. HABILITATION OF THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED GENERALLY |
Article 5. RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS UNDERGOING HABILITATION, THEIR REPRESENTATIVES, ETC., GENERALLY |
Article 5. RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS UNDERGOING HABILITATION, THEIR REPRESENTATIVES, ETC., GENERALLY
Part 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
§ 37-4-100. Retention of rights and privileges by clients generally; right to due process |
§ 37-4-101. Clients' right to legal counsel |
§ 37-4-103. Clients' rights in regard to personal effects; liability of facility's employees and staff members for loss of or damage to clients' personal effects |
§ 37-4-104. Clients' right to vote |
§ 37-4-105. Employment of clients outside facilities |
§ 37-4-106. Education of children who are clients |
§ 37-4-107. Appointment of client representatives and guardians ad litem; notification provisions; duration and scope of guardianship ad litem |
§ 37-4-108. Right of clients or representatives to petition for writ of habeas corpus and for judicial protection of rights and privileges granted by chapter |
§ 37-4-109. Establishment of patients and staff complaint procedure; final decisionmakers; right of administrative appeal; complaint procedures as alternative to legal remedies |
§ 37-4-110. Appeal rights of clients, their representatives, or attorneys; payment of costs of appeal; right of client to subsequent appeal and to legal counsel on appeal |
Part 2. RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES AS TO MANNER OF HABILITATION AND AS TO MAINTENANCE AND RELEASE OF CLINICAL RECORDS |
§ 37-4-120. Individual dignity of clients to be respected; use of criminal facilities and procedures |
§ 37-4-121. Securing of least restrictive alternative placement; assisting client in securing placement in noninstitutional community facilities and programs |
§ 37-4-122. Client's care and treatment rights |
§ 37-4-124. Mistreatment, neglect, or abuse of clients prohibited; use of medication, physical restraints, or seclusion restricted; standards for use of physical restraints |
§ 37-4-125. Treatment of clinical records; scope of privileged communications; liability for disclosure |
§ 37-4-127. Right of client's attorney to interview persons in charge of client's habilitation in a facility; establishment of regulations as to release of information to client's attorney |
REFS & ANNOS
TITLE 37 Chapter 4 Article 5 NOTE
CROSS REFERENCES. --Tolling of statute of limitations due to mental retardation of person to whom cause of action accrues, § 9-3-90.