The purpose of this article is to provide for the classification and systematic evaluation, licensure, and monitoring of residential programs designed for the treatment and therapeutic recovery of adult persons with a primary diagnosis or assessment of a psychotic disorder, mood disorder, anxiety disorder, dissociative disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, adjustment disorder, personality disorder, or trauma and stress related disorder; to ensure that every governing body which operates an adult residential mental health program is licensed to do so; and to meet the rehabilitative and recovery needs and supports of persons who have mental illnesses while safeguarding their individual liberties as well as public safety.
History. Code 1981, § 37-3-201 , enacted by Ga. L. 2022, p. 587, § 1/HB 1069.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 3 - Examination, Treatment, etc., for Mental Illness
Article 7 - Adult Residential Mental Health Services Licensing
§ 37-3-203. Classification of Residential Programs
§ 37-3-204. Regulations Establishing Minimum Standards
§ 37-3-205. Regulatory and Licensing Authority
§ 37-3-206. [For Effective Date, See note.] Licensing Requirement; Funding Contingency
§ 37-3-207. Applications; Proof of Compliance
§ 37-3-208. Provisional Licensing; Terms
§ 37-3-208.1. One-Time Provisional License
§ 37-3-209. Proof of Accreditation
§ 37-3-210. Nontransferable Licensing
§ 37-3-211. Denial, Suspension or Revocation of License
§ 37-3-212. Confidentiality of Records and Names of Mentally Ill Persons Seeking Treatment
§ 37-3-213. On-Site Inspections
§ 37-3-214. Role of Disability Services Ombudsman
§ 37-3-215. Unlicensed Residential Mental Health Program; Penalty