---
title: O.C.G.A. § 49-8-4. Administration of chapter.
collection: code
id: 49-8-4
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 49-8-4 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-8-4
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-8-4.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-8-4/text
source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t49-t50-ch1-12-(v38)-2023-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=60c992b5_0#page=405
date: 2025
status: active
corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68
license: CC0-1.0
publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-8.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-8-3.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-8-5.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
version: the only printed version
in_force: true
current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly
heading_path: SOCIAL SERVICES / ECONOMIC REHABILITATION SERVICES
---

# O.C.G.A. § 49-8-4. Administration of chapter.

(a) For purposes of administration, responsibility for the coordination of community services and fiscal accountability shall be determined by the commissioner of human services.

(b) The director is authorized to issue special instructions or rules and regulations as necessary to carry out the intent of this chapter.

## History

Ga. L. 1975, p. 1645, § 4; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1436, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-26/HB 228.