Georgia Commons

Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 37. MENTAL HEALTH · Chapter 11. PSYCHIATRIC ADVANCE DIRECTIVE

37-11-8. Withdrawal by agent.

Active

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

  1. An agent may withdraw by giving written notice to a declarant. If such declarant is incapable of making mental health care decisions, such agent may withdraw by giving written notice to the provider or facility that is providing mental health care to the declarant at the time of the agent’s withdrawal. Any provider or facility that receives an agent’s withdrawal shall document the withdrawal as part of such declarant’s medical record.

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 1981, § 37-11-8, enacted by Ga. L. 2022, p. 611, § 1-1/HB 752.

Read the official page (the state's PDF, opened at the page this text was read from).

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

Text read from t37-t39-(v28)-pdf.pdf, Volume V28, 2021 edition, 2025 supplement, page 122; merge action: added; file SHA-256 6e7899178423.

Ask about this section

The answer is drawn from this section and, when they fit, the other sections of its chapter. It quotes the text and names the section for each claim. Not legal advice.

Answers come from this document. Not legal advice.

O.C.G.A. § 37-11-8. Withdrawal by agent. | Georgia Commons