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Título 26. FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS · Capítulo 5. DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS · Artículo 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

26-5-3. Definitions.

Vigente2 versiones impresas

Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

El texto siguiente es la ley tal como la imprime el estado, en inglés.

Effective January 1, 2026.Vigente hoy: Effective January 1, 2026.

  1. As used in this article, the term:

  2. (1)

    “Department” means the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities or its successor.#

  3. (2)

    “Drug abuse treatment and education program” means any system of treatment or therapeutic advice or counsel provided for the rehabilitation of drug dependent persons and shall include programs offered in the following types of facilities:#

    1. (A)

      Residential care centers. A facility staffed by professional and paraprofessional persons offering treatment or therapeutic programs for drug dependent persons who live on the premises; and#

    2. (B)

      Nonresidential care centers. A non-live-in facility, staffed by professional and paraprofessional persons, offering treatment or therapeutic programs for drug dependent persons who do not live on the premises.#

  4. (3)

    “Drug dependent person” means a person who is in imminent danger of becoming dependent upon or addicted to the use of drugs or who habitually lacks self-control as to the use of drugs or who uses drugs to the extent that his or her health is substantially impaired or endangered or his or her social or economic function is substantially disrupted.#

  5. (4)

    “Drugs” means any substance defined as a drug by federal or Georgia law or any other chemical substance which may be used in lieu of a drug to obtain similar effects, with the exception of alcohol and its derivatives.#

  6. (5)

    “Governing body” means the community service board, the partnership, the corporation, the association, or the person or group of persons who maintains and controls the program and who is legally responsible for the operation.#

  7. (6)

    “License” means the official permit issued by the department which authorizes the holder to operate a drug abuse treatment and education program for the term provided therein.#

  8. (7)

    “Licensee” means any person holding a license or provisional license issued by the department under this article.#

  9. (8)

    “Program” means the drug abuse treatment and education program.#

Las notas siguientes se imprimen con la sección, pero no son ley promulgada (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). Se muestran aparte del texto.

History

Ga. L. 1972, p. 714, § 3; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 26; Ga. L. 1985, p. 476, § 2; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 26; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-4/HB 228; Ga. L. 2017, p. 307, § 2/SB 88; Ga. L. 2025, p. 177, § 1-1/HB 584, effective January 1, 2026.

Delayed effective date

Code Section 26-5-3 is set out twice in this Code. This version is effective January 1, 2026. For version effective until January 1, 2026, see the preceding version.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective January 1, 2026, substituted “the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities” for “the Department of Community Health” in paragraph (1); in paragraph (3), added “or her” in two places; substituted “community service board” for “county board of health” in paragraph (5); substituted “department” for “director” in paragraph (6); and substituted “or provisional license issued by the department” for “issued by the director” in paragraph (7).

Leer la página oficial (el PDF del estado, abierto en la página de la que se leyó este texto).

Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Texto leído de t25-t26-(v21)-pdf.pdf, Volumen V21, edición 2023, suplemento de 2025, páginas 86 a 87; acción de fusión: replaced; SHA-256 del archivo dee9b563c5d6.

Effective until January 1, 2026.Ya no está vigente tal como está impresa (Effective until January 1, 2026.)

  1. As used in this article, the term:

  2. (1)

    “Department” means the Department of Community Health or its successor.#

  3. (2)

    “Drug abuse treatment and education program” means any system of treatment or therapeutic advice or counsel provided for the rehabilitation of drug dependent persons and shall include programs offered in the following types of facilities:#

    1. (A)

      Residential care centers. A facility staffed by professional and paraprofessional persons offering treatment or therapeutic programs for drug dependent persons who live on the premises; and#

    2. (B)

      Nonresidential care centers. A non-live-in facility, staffed by professional and paraprofessional persons, offering treatment or therapeutic programs for drug dependent persons who do not live on the premises.#

  4. (3)

    “Drug dependent person” means a person who is in imminent danger of becoming dependent upon or addicted to the use of drugs or who habitually lacks self-control as to the use of drugs or who uses drugs to the extent that his health is substantially impaired or endangered or his social or economic function is substantially disrupted.#

  5. (4)

    “Drugs” means any substance defined as a drug by federal or Georgia law or any other chemical substance which may be used in lieu of a drug to obtain similar effects, with the exception of alcohol and its derivatives.#

  6. (5)

    “Governing body” means the county board of health, the partnership, the corporation, the association, or the person or group of persons who maintains and controls the program and who is legally responsible for the operation.#

  7. (6)

    “License” means the official permit issued by the director which authorizes the holder to operate a drug abuse treatment and education program for the term provided therein.#

  8. (7)

    “Licensee” means any person holding a license issued by the director under this article.#

  9. (8)

    “Program” means the drug abuse treatment and education program.#

Las notas siguientes se imprimen con la sección, pero no son ley promulgada (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). Se muestran aparte del texto.

History

Ga. L. 1972, p. 714, § 3; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 26; Ga. L. 1985, p. 476, § 2; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 26; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-4/HB 228; Ga. L. 2017, p. 307, § 2/SB 88.

Delayed effective date

Code Section 26-5-3 is set out twice in this Code. This version is effective until January 1, 2026. For version effective January 1, 2026, see the following version.

Leer la página oficial (el PDF del estado, abierto en la página de la que se leyó este texto).

Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Texto leído de t25-t26-(v21)-pdf.pdf, Volumen V21, edición 2023, suplemento de 2025, páginas 85 a 86; acción de fusión: replaced; SHA-256 del archivo dee9b563c5d6.