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title: Title 31, Chapter 14. Hospitalization for Tuberculosis
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id: code:chapter:31-14
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/31/chapter/14
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-14.md
date: 2025
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heading: HOSPITALIZATION FOR TUBERCULOSIS
title_heading: HEALTH
section_count: 16
full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-14.md?full=1
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# Title 31, Chapter 14. Hospitalization for Tuberculosis

Title 31. Health

16 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-14.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 31-14-1, Active tuberculosis; declaration of policy, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-14-1.md
- 31-14-2, Petition for commitment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-14-2.md
- 31-14-3, Hearing on petition; notice; physical examination; court costs; attorney’s fee; conduct of hearing, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-14-3.md
- 31-14-4, Service of copy of petition and order; penalty for failure to comply, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-14-4.md
- 31-14-5, Circumstances allowing custody pending hearing, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-14-5.md
- 31-14-6, Report of persons making examination; service of copies, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-14-6.md
- 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, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-14-7.md
- 31-14-8, Period of confinement of patients committed under chapter, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-14-8.md
- 31-14-8.1, Continuation of confinement of patient; report required; hearing, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-14-8.1.md
- 31-14-8.2, Appeal from orders of superior court or hearing examiner; costs; right to counsel, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-14-8.2.md
- 31-14-9, Procedure for securing discharge; petition for habeas corpus, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-14-9.md
- 31-14-10, Enforcement of rules and regulations by county boards of health, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-14-10.md
- 31-14-11, Unauthorized leave of committed person from hospital or facility, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-14-11.md
- 31-14-12, Applicability of commitment provisions to persons who obey rules and regulations of department, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-14-12.md
- 31-14-13, Order directing compliance with plan of evaluation or outpatient treatment; contempt, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-14-13.md
- 31-14-14, Immunity from liability, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-14-14.md