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# O.C.G.A. § 35-3-171. Definitions.

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.’”