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 3. DETERMINATION OF NEED FOR TREATMENT, ADMISSION TO TREATMENT FACILITIES

37-7-80. Designation of treatment facilities.

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Any state owned or state operated facility may be designated by the department as a treatment facility. The department shall maintain a treatment facility at each regional hospital which shall accept patients found in any county in the service region of the hospital. Any other facility within the State of Georgia may be so designated by the department at the request of or with the consent of the governing officers of the 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, § 88-404.19, enacted by Ga. L. 1971, p. 273, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-406.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1856, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1098, § 9.

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Text read from t37-t39-(v28)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V28, 2021 edition, page 301; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 4eed692485f5.

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