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Título 42. PENAL INSTITUTIONS · Capítulo 4. JAILS · Artículo 3. MEDICAL SERVICES FOR INMATES

42-4-50. Definitions.

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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.

  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.#

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

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

Texto leído de t41-t42-(v29a)-2023-pdf.pdf, Volumen V29A, edición 2023, páginas 242 a 243; acción de fusión: carried; SHA-256 del archivo 1e701a9ff15b.