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# O.C.G.A. § 31-33-4. Mental health records.

The provisions of this chapter, except as otherwise provided in Code Sections 31-33-3, 31-33-7, and 31-33-8, shall not apply to psychiatric, psychological, or other mental health records of a patient.

## History

Code 1981, § 31-32-4, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1680, § 1; Code 1981, § 31-33-4, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 31; Ga. L. 2010, p. 286, § 18/SB 244; Ga. L. 2016, p. 549, § 2/HB 910.

## Cross References

Right of mental patients to examine medical records, §§ 37-3-162, 37-3-167.