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Title 42. PENAL INSTITUTIONS · Chapter 4. JAILS · Article 3. MEDICAL SERVICES FOR INMATES

42-4-50. Definitions.

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

  1. As used in this article, the term:

  2. (1)

    “Detention facility” means a municipal or county jail used for the detention of persons charged with or convicted of either a felony, a misdemeanor, or a municipal offense.#

  3. (2)

    “Governing authority” means the governing authority of the county or municipality in which the detention facility is located.#

  4. (3)

    “Inmate” means a person who is detained in a detention facility by reason of being charged with or convicted of a felony, a misdemeanor, or a municipal offense. Such term does not include any sentenced inmate who is the responsibility of the Department of Corrections.#

  5. (4)

    “Medical care” includes medical attention, dental care, and medicine and necessary and associated costs such as transportation, guards, room, and board.#

  6. (5)

    “Officer in charge” means the sheriff, if the detention facility is under his or her supervision, or the warden, captain, or superintendent having the supervision of any other detention 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 1981, § 42-4-50, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2125, § 2; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1059, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1081, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1264, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 5-70/HB 310.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 6-1/HB 310, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall become effective July 1, 2015, and shall apply to sentences entered on or after such date.”

Law reviews

For note on 1992 enactment of this Code section, see 9 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 310 (1992). For review of 1996 legislation relating to jails, see 13 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 269 and 273 (1996). For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 231 (2015).

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

Text read from t41-t42-(v29a)-2023-pdf.pdf, Volume V29A, 2023 edition, pages 242 to 243; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 1e701a9ff15b.