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title: Title 37, Chapter 5. Community Services for the Developmentally Disabled
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id: code:chapter:37-5
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/37/chapter/5
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-5.md
date: 2025
status: active
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heading: COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED
title_heading: MENTAL HEALTH
section_count: 10
full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-5.md?full=1
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# Title 37, Chapter 5. Community Services for the Developmentally Disabled

Title 37. Mental Health

10 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-5.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 37-5-1, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-5-1.md
- 37-5-2, Declaration of policy, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-5-2.md
- 37-5-3, Community services defined, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-5-3.md
- 37-5-4, Applicability of chapter; eligibility for community services, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-5-4.md
- 37-5-5, Duty of county board of health to provide community services; district health department to advise families or guardians of developmentally disabled individuals, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-5-5.md
- 37-5-6, County or health district plan for community services; review and approval of plan by the department, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-5-6.md
- 37-5-7, Duty of department to provide consulting and financial assistance to county boards of health; failure of county boards of health to provide community services, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-5-7.md
- 37-5-8, Duty of department to establish standards for community services, inspect programs, issue statements of approval; procedure upon discovery of deficiencies; reinspection, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-5-8.md
- 37-5-9, Fees for community services, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-5-9.md
- 37-5-10, Timetable for implementation of this chapter, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/37-5-10.md