Georgia Code
Part 2 - Rights and Privileges as to Manner of Habilitation and as to Maintenance and Release of Clinical Records
§ 37-4-120. Individual Dignity of Clients to Be Respected; Use of Criminal Facilities and Procedures

The client’s dignity as an individual shall be respected at all times and upon all occasions, including any occasion wherein the client is taken into custody, detained, or transported. Except where required under conditions of extreme urgency, those procedures, facilities, vehicles, and restraining devices normally utilized for criminals or those accused of crime shall not be used in connection with the developmentally disabled.
History. Code 1933, § 88-2503.2, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1826, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 3-5/HB 228.

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Georgia Code

Title 37 - Mental Health

Chapter 4 - Habilitation of the Developmentally Disabled Generally

Article 5 - Rights and Privileges of Developmentally Disabled Persons Undergoing Habilitation, Their Representatives, etc., Generally

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

§ 37-4-120. Individual Dignity of Clients to Be Respected; Use of Criminal Facilities and Procedures

§ 37-4-121. Securing of Least Restrictive Alternative Placement; Assisting Client in Securing Placement in Noninstitutional Community Facilities and Programs

§ 37-4-122. Client’s Care and Treatment Rights

§ 37-4-123. Recognition of Clients’ Physical Integrity; Rights to Refuse Medication; Obtaining Consent to Treatment and Surgery; Performance of Emergency Surgery; Immunity of Physician; Direction of Notice of Actions Taken Under Code Section

§ 37-4-124. Mistreatment, Neglect, or Abuse of Clients Prohibited; Use of Medication, Physical Restraints, or Seclusion Restricted; Standards for Use of Physical Restraints