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

37-4-101. Clients’ right to legal counsel.

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It shall be the responsibility of the department to see that every client is given the opportunity to secure legal counsel at his own expense to represent him in connection with private, personal, domestic, business, civil, criminal, and all other legal matters in which he may be involved during habilitation in a facility.

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, § 88-2503.15, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1826, § 1.

Cross references

Right to legal counsel generally, U.S. Const., amend. 6, and Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. XI.

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Text read from t37-t39-(v28)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V28, 2021 edition, page 243; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 4eed692485f5.

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