Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 37. MENTAL HEALTH · Chapter 7. HOSPITALIZATION AND TREATMENT OF ALCOHOLICS, DRUG DEPENDENT INDIVIDUALS, AND DRUG ABUSERS · Article 3. EXAMINATION, HOSPITALIZATION, AND TREATMENT OF INVOLUNTARY PATIENTS · Part 1. EMERGENCY RECEIVING FACILITIES FOR EXAMINATION OF PERSONS APPREHENDED PURSUANT TO PHYSICIAN’S CERTIFICATE OR COURT ORDER

37-7-44. Giving patient and his representatives notice of their rights upon patient’s admission to emergency receiving facility.

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

(a)
Immediately upon arrival of a patient at an emergency receiving facility under Code Section 37-7-43, the facility shall give the patient written notice of his right to petition for a writ of habeas corpus or for a protective order under Code Section 37-7-148. This written notice shall also inform the patient that he has a right to legal counsel and that, if the patient is unable to afford counsel, the court will appoint counsel.#
(b)
The notice informing the patient’s representatives of the patient’s hospitalization in an emergency receiving facility shall include a clear notification that the representatives may petition for a writ of habeas corpus or for a protective order under Code Section 37-7-148.#

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, § 88-404.10, enacted by Ga. L. 1971, p. 273, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-404.6, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1856, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1098, § 7.

Cross references

Arrest of persons, T. 17, C. 4.

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Text read from t37-t39-(v28)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V28, 2021 edition, page 296; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 4eed692485f5.