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title: Title 37, Chapter 4. Habilitation of the Developmentally Disabled Generally
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date: 2025
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heading: HABILITATION OF THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED GENERALLY
title_heading: MENTAL HEALTH
section_count: 42
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# Title 37, Chapter 4. Habilitation of the Developmentally Disabled Generally

Title 37. Mental Health

42 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 37-4-1, Declaration of policy, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-1.md
- 37-4-2, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-2.md
- 37-4-3, Authority of board to issue regulations; powers of department generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-3.md
- 37-4-4, Coordination of training programs for the developmentally disabled, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-4.md
- 37-4-5, Validity of hospitalization orders entered before September 1, 1978; establishment of regulations authorizing continued care for clients receiving services pursuant to orders entered before September 1, 1978; validity of hospitalization orders entered before July 1, 2011, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-5.md
- 37-4-6, Immunity from liability for actions taken in good faith compliance with admission and discharge provisions of chapter, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-6.md
- 37-4-7, Apprehension by peace officer of developmentally disabled person who leaves facility without permission, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-7.md
- 37-4-8, Approval of private facilities; powers and duties of private facilities; right to deny admission, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-8.md
- 37-4-20, , repealed through 37-4-22 (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-20.md
- 37-4-40, Filing petition with court for according of program of services to developmentally disabled person; order for examination of person by comprehensive evaluation team; report by team; petition hearing; procedure upon finding that department services are necessary, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-40.md
- 37-4-40.1, , repealed through 37-4-40.5 (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-40.1.md
- 37-4-41, Procedure upon failure of or client’s noncompliance with court ordered habilitation program, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-41.md
- 37-4-42, Procedure for continuation of court ordered habilitation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-42.md
- 37-4-43, Appointment of hearing examiners for hearings as to continued habilitation; powers of hearing examiners generally; issuance of subpoenas; appointment of counsel, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-43.md
- 37-4-44, Periodic review of individualized program plan; discharge or transfer to another facility upon change in client’s needs; notice of discharge or transfer, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-44.md
- 37-4-60, Designation of facility to which client to be admitted; transfers of clients between private and state owned facilities; transfers of clients generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-60.md
- 37-4-61, Transportation of clients generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-61.md
- 37-4-62, Transfer of clients to custody of federal agencies for services; retention of jurisdiction over clients by state courts; jurisdiction over developmentally disabled persons in federal hospitals and institutions located in state, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-62.md
- 37-4-63, Procedure for transfer of Georgia residents from out-of-state facilities to Georgia facilities, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-63.md
- 37-4-64, Procedure upon discovery that a client receiving court ordered services from a Georgia facility is not a resident, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-64.md
- 37-4-80, Effect of inability to pay on right to habilitation services, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-80.md
- 37-4-81, Liability for expenses for transporting, examining, and caring for clients, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-81.md
- 37-4-82, Payment of expenses incurred in connection with hearings held under this chapter, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-82.md
- 37-4-100, Retention of rights and privileges by clients generally; right to due process, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-100.md
- 37-4-101, Clients’ right to legal counsel, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-101.md
- 37-4-102, Right of clients to communicate with persons outside facility and to receive visitors; treatment of client correspondence; establishment of regulations governing visitation and telephone usage, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-102.md
- 37-4-103, Clients’ rights in regard to personal effects; liability of facility’s employees and staff members for loss of or damage to clients’ personal effects, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-103.md
- 37-4-104, Clients’ right to vote, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-104.md
- 37-4-105, Employment of clients outside facilities, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-105.md
- 37-4-106, Education of children who are clients, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-106.md
- 37-4-107, Appointment of client representatives and guardians ad litem; notification provisions; duration and scope of guardianship ad litem, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-107.md
- 37-4-108, Right of clients or representatives to petition for writ of habeas corpus and for judicial protection of rights and privileges granted by chapter, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-108.md
- 37-4-109, Establishment of patients and staff complaint procedure; final decisionmakers; right of administrative appeal; complaint procedures as alternative to legal remedies, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-109.md
- 37-4-110, Appeal rights of clients, their representatives, or attorneys; payment of costs of appeal; right of client to subsequent appeal and to legal counsel on appeal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-110.md
- 37-4-120, Individual dignity of clients to be respected; use of criminal facilities and procedures, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-120.md
- 37-4-121, Securing of least restrictive alternative placement; assisting client in securing placement in noninstitutional community facilities and programs, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-121.md
- 37-4-122, Client’s care and treatment rights, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-122.md
- 37-4-123, Recognition of clients’ physical integrity; rights to refuse medication; obtaining consent to treatment and surgery; performance of emergency surgery; immunity of physician; direction of notice of actions taken under Code section, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-123.md
- 37-4-124, Mistreatment, neglect, or abuse of clients prohibited; use of medication, physical restraints, or seclusion restricted; standards for use of physical restraints, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-124.md
- 37-4-125, Treatment of clinical records; scope of privileged communications; liability for disclosure, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-125.md
- 37-4-126, Right of client to examine his records and to request correction of inaccuracies; promulgation of rules and regulations; judicial supervision of files and records relating to proceedings under this chapter, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-126.md
- 37-4-127, Right of client’s attorney to interview persons in charge of client’s habilitation in a facility; establishment of regulations as to release of information to client’s attorney, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-4-127.md