Georgia Code
Part 2 - Rights and Privileges as to Manner of Care and Treatment and as to Maintenance and Release of Clinical Records
§ 37-3-162. Patients’ Care and Treatment Rights

History. Ga. L. 1958, p. 697, § 15; Ga. L. 1960, p. 837, § 14; Code 1933, § 88-514, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-502.3, enacted by Ga. L. 1969, p. 505, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-502.4, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1789, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1059, § 20; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1902, § 13.
Cross references.
Rights of mentally ill persons regarding consent to surgical or medical treatment generally, § 31-9-4.
Law reviews.
For article, “The Right to Refuse Psychiatric Treatment: Law and Medicine at the Interface,” see 35 Emory L.J. 139 (1986).

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Georgia Code

Title 37 - Mental Health

Chapter 3 - Examination, Treatment, etc., for Mental Illness

Article 6 - Rights and Privileges of Patients, Their Representatives, etc., Generally

Part 2 - Rights and Privileges as to Manner of Care and Treatment and as to Maintenance and Release of Clinical Records

§ 37-3-160. Individual Dignity of Patients to Be Respected; Treatment of the Mentally Ill as Medical Patients; Use of Criminal Facilities and Procedures

§ 37-3-161. Securing of Least Restrictive Alternative Placement; Assisting Patient in Securing Placement in Noninstitutional Community Facilities and Programs

§ 37-3-162. Patients’ Care and Treatment Rights

§ 37-3-163. Recognition of Patient’s Physical Integrity; Rights to Refuse Medication; Obtaining Consent to Treatment and Surgery; Emergency Surgery; Immunity of Hospital or Physician; Direction of Notice of Actions Taken Under Code Section

§ 37-3-164. “Representative,” “Substantial Change” Defined; Consultation by Patient’s Representative With Treatment Facility; Notification of Treatment Change; Guardian’s Consultation and Notification Rights

§ 37-3-165. Mistreatment, Neglect, or Abuse of Patients Prohibited; Use of Medication, Physical Restraints, or Seclusion Restricted; Standards for Use of Physical Restraint

§ 37-3-166. Treatment of Clinical Records; When Release Permitted; Scope of Privileged Communications; Liability for Disclosure; Notice to Sheriff of Discharge

§ 37-3-167. Right of Patient to Examine His Records and to Request Correction of Inaccuracies; Promulgation of Rules and Regulations; Judicial Supervision of Files and Records Relating to Proceedings Under This Chapter

§ 37-3-168. Right of Patient’s Attorney to Interview Physicians, Psychologists, and Staff Attending Patient; Establishment of Regulations as to Release of Information to Patient’s Attorney