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title: Title 30, Chapter 5. Protection of Disabled Adults and Elder Persons
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id: code:chapter:30-5
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/30/chapter/5
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/30-5.md
date: 2025
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heading: PROTECTION OF DISABLED ADULTS AND ELDER PERSONS
title_heading: HANDICAPPED PERSONS
section_count: 12
full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/30-5.md?full=1
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# Title 30, Chapter 5. Protection of Disabled Adults and Elder Persons

Title 30. Handicapped Persons

12 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/30-5.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 30-5-1, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/30-5-1.md
- 30-5-2, Legislative purpose, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/30-5-2.md
- 30-5-3, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/30-5-3.md
- 30-5-4, Reporting of need for protective services; manner and contents of report; immunity from civil or criminal liability; privileged communications, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/30-5-4.md
- 30-5-4.1, Discrimination and retaliation for reporting prohibited, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/30-5-4.1.md
- 30-5-5, Investigation of reports of need for protective services; interference with investigation; provision of protective services, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/30-5-5.md
- 30-5-6, Cooperation of other public agencies with director; power of director to contract for provision of medical evaluations; regulations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/30-5-6.md
- 30-5-7, Confidentiality of public records; reasonable access; redaction in certain circumstances, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/30-5-7.md
- 30-5-8, Criminal offenses and penalties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/30-5-8.md
- 30-5-9, Applicability to employment relationship, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/30-5-9.md
- 30-5-10, Cooperative effort in development of programs relating to abuse and exploitation of disabled adults, elder persons, and residents of long-term care facilities, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/30-5-10.md
- 30-5-11, Establishment of Adult Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Multidisciplinary Team; membership; duties; creation of memorandum of understanding; confidentiality and limitations on disclosures; reporting and reviews, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/30-5-11.md