Skip to content
Georgia Commons
Menu

Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 37. MENTAL HEALTH · Chapter 3. EXAMINATION, TREATMENT, ETC., FOR MENTAL ILLNESS · Article 7. ADULT RESIDENTIAL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES LICENSING

37-3-211. Denial, suspension or revocation of license.

Active2 versions printed

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

Effective January 1, 2026.In force today: Effective January 1, 2026.
  1. (a)

    The department is authorized to deny, suspend, or revoke a license issued under this chapter for a violation of this chapter or a rule or regulation adopted under this chapter or to take other disciplinary actions against a licensee as provided in Article 3 of Chapter 2 of this title.#

  2. (b)

    The denial, suspension, or revocation of a license by the department shall be a contested case for purposes of Chapter 13 of Title 50, the “Georgia Administrative Procedure Act.”#

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, § 37-3-211, enacted by Ga. L. 2022, p. 587, § 1/HB 1069; Ga. L. 2025, p. 177, § 3-6/HB 584, effective January 1, 2026.

Delayed effective date

Code Section 37-3-211 is set out twice in this Code. This version is effective January 1, 2026. For version effective until January 1, 2026, see the preceding version.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective January 1, 2026, substituted “against a licensee as provided in Article 3 of Chapter 2 of this title” for “against licensees as provided in Code Section 31-2-8” at the end of subsection (a).

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, pages 92 to 93; merge action: added; file SHA-256 6e7899178423.

Effective until January 1, 2026.No longer in force as printed (Effective until January 1, 2026.)
  1. (a)

    The department is authorized to deny, suspend, or revoke a license issued under this chapter for a violation of this chapter or a rule or regulation adopted under this chapter or to take other disciplinary actions against licensees as provided in Code Section 31-2-8.#

  2. (b)

    The denial, suspension, or revocation of a license by the department shall be a contested case for purposes of Chapter 13 of Title 50, the “Georgia Administrative Procedure Act.”#

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, § 37-3-211, enacted by Ga. L. 2022, p. 587, § 1/HB 1069.

Delayed effective date

Code Section 37-3-211 is set out twice in this Code. This version is effective until January 1, 2026. For version effective January 1, 2026, see the following version.

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 92; merge action: added; file SHA-256 6e7899178423.