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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

31-8-112. Freedom of residents.

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

  1. (a)

    Each resident shall be free from a duty to perform services for the facility.#

  2. (b)

    Each resident shall be permitted to rise and retire at times of his choice, if the resident does not interfere with the rights of others.#

  3. (c)

    Unless contradictory to written admission policies of which the resident, guardian, or representative is informed prior to admission, each resident shall be permitted to use tobacco and to consume alcoholic beverages, subject to the facility’s policies and safety rules and applicable state law, if the resident does not interfere with the rights of others.#

  4. (d)

    Each resident shall be free to enter and leave the facility as the resident chooses.#

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, § 88-1908B, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 149, § 1.

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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, page 538; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 ba5a57f85d04.