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title: Title 49, Chapter 5. Programs and Protection for Children and Youth
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date: 2025
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heading: PROGRAMS AND PROTECTION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
title_heading: SOCIAL SERVICES
section_count: 99
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# Title 49, Chapter 5. Programs and Protection for Children and Youth

Title 49. Social Services

99 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 49-5-1, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-1.md
- 49-5-2, Purpose of article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-2.md
- 49-5-3, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-3.md
- 49-5-4, Other state departments, agencies, officers, and employees to assist department, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-4.md
- 49-5-4.1, Child welfare agency public scorecard established, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-4.1.md
- 49-5-5, Powers and duties of board; rules and regulations for training schools and other facilities, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-5.md
- 49-5-6, Merit system to conform to federal standards; power to employ and contract for professional services; employment and dismissal procedures; membership in state retirement system, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-6.md
- 49-5-7, Development and administration of public child welfare and youth services, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-7.md
- 49-5-8, Powers and duties of department, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-8.md
- 49-5-8.1, Short-term respite care of child in foster care; reasonable and prudent parent standard, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-8.1.md
- 49-5-9, Use of public and private institutions and agencies; inspections; examination and control of children not in department’s facilities, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-9.md
- 49-5-10, Commitment of delinquent or unruly children to department; procedures; handling and treatment; escape and apprehension; release; termination of control, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-10.md
- 49-5-11, Escape from a youth detention center, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-11.md
- 49-5-12, Licensing and inspection of child welfare agencies; standards; revocation or refusal of license; penalties; violations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-12.md
- 49-5-12.1, Penalties for violation of child welfare agency laws and regulations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-12.1.md
- 49-5-12.2, Immunity from liability, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-12.2.md
- 49-5-12.3, Annual inspection of child welfare agency, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-12.3.md
- 49-5-13, Private child care learning centers not required to meet federal adult-child ratio, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-13.md
- 49-5-14, Fire inspections of day-care homes and centers; fire safety codes, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-14.md
- 49-5-15, Notice as to child brought into state for placement or adoption; bond; certificate as to foster home; reports, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-15.md
- 49-5-16, Power of department to contract; acceptance of children from federal courts for compensation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-16.md
- 49-5-17, Power of department to accept and use gifts, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-17.md
- 49-5-18, Instituting or intervening in legal proceedings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-18.md
- 49-5-19, Annual report on children and youth services, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-19.md
- 49-5-20, Existing charters of charitable institutions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-20.md
- 49-5-21, Penalties for aiding, harboring, or encouraging escapees or hindering their apprehension, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-21.md
- 49-5-22, Voluntary pre-kindergarten programs to provide toilet facilities screened for privacy, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-22.md
- 49-5-23, Obtaining information on recall notices, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-23.md
- 49-5-24, Implementation of state-wide system for data sharing; waivers from certain federal regulations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-24.md
- 49-5-25, Maternity supportive housing residences; registration; requirements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-25.md
- 49-5-40, Definitions; confidentiality of records; restricted access to records, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-40.md
- 49-5-41, Persons and agencies permitted access to records, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-41.md
- 49-5-41.1, Inspection and retention of records of juvenile drug use, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-41.1.md
- 49-5-42, Rules and regulations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-42.md
- 49-5-43, Article not to conflict with federal law or lose federal funds; duty of board, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-43.md
- 49-5-44, Penalties for unauthorized access to records; use of records in public and criminal proceedings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-44.md
- 49-5-45, Penalty for allowing unauthorized access to juvenile drug use records, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-45.md
- 49-5-46, Immunity from liability of department, agency, or child advocacy center, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-46.md
- 49-5-60, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-60.md
- 49-5-61, Requirement of separate license and separate director for each new facility, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-61.md
- 49-5-62, Records check application for director of new facility; preliminary records check for employees; retention of fingerprints, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-62.md
- 49-5-63, Notice of determination; issuance of license; effect of unsatisfactory determination, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-63.md
- 49-5-64, Fingerprint records check; retention, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-64.md
- 49-5-65, Determination on the basis of fingerprint records check; revocation of license, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-65.md
- 49-5-66, Separate license and director for each center, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-66.md
- 49-5-67, Fingerprint records check application for director of existing facility; preliminary records check for employees; annual license, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-67.md
- 49-5-68, Change of director, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-68.md
- 49-5-69, Employment requirements; suspension or revocation of license or criminal penalty for violations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-69.md
- 49-5-69.1, Fingerprint and preliminary records check for foster homes; notice of results; violations; foster parents known to have criminal records; retention of fingerprints, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-69.1.md
- 49-5-70, Required cooperation among state agencies; unauthorized use of criminal history record information, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-70.md
- 49-5-71, Immunity from liability for centers, state agencies, and employees, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-71.md
- 49-5-72, Supplemental nature of article’s requirements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-72.md
- 49-5-73, Applicability of “Georgia Administrative Procedure Act”; consideration of matters in mitigation of conviction, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-73.md
- 49-5-74, Administration of article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-74.md
- 49-5-90, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-90.md
- 49-5-91, Emergency orders; corrective orders; monitors, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-91.md
- 49-5-92, Preliminary hearing; department order; interim department actions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-92.md
- 49-5-110, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-110.md
- 49-5-111, Employers authorized to make records checks; procedure; retention of fingerprints, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-111.md
- 49-5-112, Cooperation of law enforcement agencies; penalty for false information, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-112.md
- 49-5-113, Immunity from liability; disciplinary action, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-113.md
- 49-5-114, Other laws requiring records checks, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-114.md
- 49-5-115, Letter issued by Department of Early Care and Learning in lieu of background screening or fingerprint checks, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-115.md
- 49-5-130, Legislative findings and intent, reserved through 49-5-135 (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-130.md
- 49-5-131, Definitions, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-131.md
- 49-5-132, Governor’s Office for Children and Families established; funding; duties and responsibilities, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-132.md
- 49-5-133, Executive director; appointment; contracting with other agencies, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-133.md
- 49-5-134, Advisory board established; membership; officers and committees; compensation, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-134.md
- 49-5-135, Powers and duties of advisory board, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-135.md
- 49-5-150, Legislative policy and intent, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-150.md
- 49-5-151, Implementation of part; duties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-151.md
- 49-5-152, Purchase of care or services from public or private agencies, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-152.md
- 49-5-153, Annual report, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-153.md
- 49-5-154, Study of youth needs, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-154.md
- 49-5-155, Effect of article on Department of Juvenile Justice; recipient entity for federal grants, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-155.md
- 49-5-156, Short title; legislative findings; development of program; awarding of grants; applications; recognition; reporting to General Assembly, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-156.md
- 49-5-160, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-160.md
- 49-5-161, Registration and form required; fee; issuance of certificate, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-161.md
- 49-5-162, Policies; qualified staff; proof of liability coverage, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-162.md
- 49-5-163, Display of registration; inspection of facilities; investigation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-163.md
- 49-5-164, Registered organization not exempt, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-164.md
- 49-5-180, , reserved through 49-5-187 (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-180.md
- 49-5-200, , reserved through 49-5-209 (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-200.md
- 49-5-220, Legislative findings and intent; State Plan for the Coordinated System of Care for severely emotionally disturbed children or adolescents, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-220.md
- 49-5-221, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-221.md
- 49-5-222, Guiding principles for coordinated system of care, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-222.md
- 49-5-223, Developing and updating plan; requirements; information to be collected, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-223.md
- 49-5-224, Annual report, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-224.md
- 49-5-225, Local interagency committees; membership; duties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-225.md
- 49-5-226, Placement of children and adolescents out of state for treatment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-226.md
- 49-5-227, Governor’s Office for Children and Families to comment on plan for Coordinated System of Care and provide recommendations, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-227.md
- 49-5-240, , redesignated through 49-5-244 (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-240.md
- 49-5-250, , reserved through 49-5-264 (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-250.md
- 49-5-270, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-270.md
- 49-5-271, Legislative findings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-271.md
- 49-5-272, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-272.md
- 49-5-273, Creation of program; eligibility; payments; enrollment; agency cooperation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-273.md
- 49-5-280, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-280.md
- 49-5-281, Bill of rights for foster parents; grievances for violations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-5-281.md