Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 37. MENTAL HEALTH · Chapter 3. EXAMINATION, TREATMENT, ETC., FOR MENTAL ILLNESS · Article 3. EXAMINATION, HOSPITALIZATION, AND TREATMENT OF INVOLUNTARY PATIENTS · Part 2. EVALUATING FACILITIES FOR EXAMINATION OF PERSONS ORDERED TO UNDERGO EVALUATION FOR MENTAL ILLNESS

37-3-63. Admission of persons to evaluating facilities for evaluation and emergency treatment.

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

Any person who is brought to an evaluating facility under Code Section 37-3-43 or under a court order as provided in Code Section 37-3-62 shall be received for evaluation and such treatment as is indicated by good medical practice.

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, § 88-505.4, enacted by Ga. L. 1969, p. 505, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1789, § 1.

Law reviews

For note, ‘‘Mental Health Commitment Procedures in Georgia,’’ see 3 Ga. St. B.J. 230 (1966).

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Text read from t37-t39-(v28)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V28, 2021 edition, page 164; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 4eed692485f5.