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Title 37. MENTAL HEALTH · Chapter 1. GOVERNING AND REGULATION OF MENTAL HEALTH · Article 2. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

37-1-23. Rules of practice and procedure; availability.

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

  1. The board is directed to prescribe rules of practice and procedure in order to implement this chapter. The department is directed to make the board’s and the department’s rules available for distribution.

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, § 88-308, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1445, § 9; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1324, § 1-6; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 3-1/HB 228.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 1993, p. 1445, § 18.1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: ‘‘Nothing in this Act shall be construed to repeal any provision of Chapter 5 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the ‘Community Services Act for the Mentally Retarded.’’’ Ga. L. 1993, p. 1445, § 19, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: ‘‘This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1994; provided, however, that provisions relating to the establishment of regional and community service board boundaries and the appointments of regional boards and community service boards shall become effective on July 1, 1993, or upon whatever date is stipulated in the Act and provided, further, that the provisions authorizing a county board of health to agree to serve as the lead county board of health for only that county shall become effective upon the approval of this Act by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval.’’ The Act was approved by the Governor on April 27, 1993. Ga. L. 1993, p. 1445, which amends this Code section, provides, in § 19.1, not codified by the General Assembly, that the amendment is repealed on June 30, 1999; however, Ga. L. 1998, p. 870, § 1, struck § 19.1 of Ga. L. 1993, p. 1445, which would have repealed the 1993 amendment to this Code section.

Cross references

County boards of health generally, T. 31, C. 3.

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Text read from t37-t39-(v28)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V28, 2021 edition, page 34; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 4eed692485f5.