Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 31. HEALTH · Chapter 8. CARE AND PROTECTION OF INDIGENT AND ELDERLY PATIENTS · Article 5. BILL OF RIGHTS FOR RESIDENTS OF LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES

31-8-111. Rights as citizen.

Active

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

Each resident shall be encouraged and assisted by the facility to exercise all rights, benefits, and privileges as a citizen including, but not limited to, the following:
(1)
The right to vote. Residents who are eligible to vote shall have the right to vote in primary, special, and general elections and in referendums. The facility shall permit and reasonably assist residents to obtain voter registration forms, applications for absentee ballots, and absentee ballots and to comply with other requirements which are prerequisites for voting;#
(2)
The right to free exercise of religion as well as freedom from imposition of religious beliefs or practices;#
(3)
The right to associate, meet, and communicate privately with persons of the resident’s choice; and#
(4)
The right to participate, inside and outside the facility, in social, family, religious, and community group activities.#

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.

History

Code 1933, § 88-1907B, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 149, § 1; Ga. L. 2012, p. 775, § 31/HB 942.

Cross references

Registration of voters, § 21-2-210 et seq.

Read the official page (the state's PDF, opened at the page this text was read from).

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

Text read from t31-(v23)-2025-pdf.pdf, Volume V23, 2025 edition, pages 537 to 538; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 ba5a57f85d04.