Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 37. MENTAL HEALTH · Chapter 4. HABILITATION OF THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED GENERALLY · Article 5. RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS UNDERGOING HABILITATION, THEIR REPRESENTATIVES, ETC., GENERALLY · Part 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

37-4-100. Retention of rights and privileges by clients generally; right to due process.

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

Clients shall retain all rights and privileges granted other persons or citizens. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no person who is receiving or has received services for a developmental disability shall be deprived of any civil, political, personal, or property rights or be considered legally incompetent for any purpose without due process of law.

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, § 88-2503.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1826, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 3-7/HB 228.

Cross references

Rights of persons generally, T. 1, C. 2. Capacity of mentally incompetent persons to enter into contracts, § 13-3-24. Sterilization of mentally incompetent persons, § 31-20-3. Testamentary capacity, § 53-4-10 et seq.

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Text read from t37-t39-(v28)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V28, 2021 edition, page 242; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 4eed692485f5.