Georgia CommonsTitle 35. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES · Chapter 3. GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION · Article 7. ALERT SYSTEM FOR MISSING DISABLED ADULTS AND THE MEDICALLY ENDANGERED
35-3-171. Definitions.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.
As used in this article, the term:
- (1)
“Alert system” means the state-wide “Mattie’s Call” alert system for missing disabled adults and medically endangered persons.#
- (2)
“Disabled adult” means an adult who is developmentally impaired or who suffers from dementia or some other cognitive impairment.#
- (3)
“Local law enforcement agency” means a law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the investigation of a missing disabled adult or other medically endangered person.#
- (4)
“Medically endangered person” means a person with a known medical condition that might reasonably cause such person to become incapacitated or that may result in life-threatening physiological conditions likely to lead to serious bodily injury or death if not immediately treated.#
History
Code 1981, § 38-3-111, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 539, § 1/HB 728; Code 1981, § 35-3-171, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2008, p. 233, § 1/SB 202; Ga. L. 2014, p. 704, § 3/SB 23.
Editor's notes
Ga. L. 2014, p. 704, § 1/SB 23, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Stacey Nicole English Act.’”
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