GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
Title 31. HEALTH |
Chapter 8. CARE AND PROTECTION OF INDIGENT AND ELDERLY PATIENTS |
Article 3. LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM |
Section 31-8-57. Reporting abuse
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- Any person who has reasonable cause to believe that a resident of a long-term care facility is being, or has been, abused, neglected, exploited, or abandoned or is in a condition which is the result of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or abandonment may report such information or cause a report to be made in any reasonable manner to the state ombudsman or community ombudsman, if any.
Code 1933, § 88-1909a, enacted by Ga. L. 1979, p. 1240, § 1.