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title: O.C.G.A. § 35-3-174. Time for reporting elopement of disabled person from personal care home and assisted living community.
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# O.C.G.A. § 35-3-174. Time for reporting elopement of disabled person from personal care home and assisted living community.

The staff of personal care homes and assisted living communities shall call the local police department to report the elopement of any disabled person from the home within 30 minutes of the staff’s receiving actual knowledge that such person is missing from the home.

## History

Code 1981, § 38-3-113.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 539, § 1/HB 728; Code 1981, § 35-3-174, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2008, p. 233, § 1/SB 202; Ga. L. 2011, p. 227, § 24/SB 178; 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.’”