Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 31. HEALTH · Chapter 36A. TEMPORARY HEALTH CARE PLACEMENT DECISION MAKER FOR AN ADULT

31-36A-3. Definitions.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

As used in this chapter, the term:
(1)
“Absence of a person authorized to consent” means that:#
1. (A)
  After diligent efforts for a reasonable period of time, no person authorized to consent under the provisions of Code Section 31-36A-6 has been located; or#
2. (B)
  All such authorized persons located have affirmatively waived their authority to consent or dissent to admission to or discharge from a health care facility or placement or transfer to an alternative health care facility or placement, provided that dissent by an authorized person to a proposed admission, discharge, or transfer shall not be deemed waiver of authority.#
(1.1)
“Psychiatric advance directive” means a written document voluntarily executed by an individual in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 37-11-9.#
(2)
“Unable to consent” means that an adult is unable to:#
1. (A)
  Make rational and competent decisions regarding his or her placement options for health or personal care; or#
2. (B)
  Communicate such decisions by any means.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

Code 1981, § 31-36A-3, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 485, § 5; Ga. L. 2022, p. 611, § 2-18/HB 752.

For article, “HB 752: Psychiatric Advance Directive Act,” see 39 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 191 (2022).

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