Georgia Code
Part 1 - Emergency Receiving Facilities for Examination of Persons Apprehended Pursuant to Physician’s Certificate or Court Order
§ 37-7-40. Designation by Department of Emergency Receiving Facilities; Reporting; Penalty for Noncompliance

History. Code 1933, § 88-404.6, enacted by Ga. L. 1971, p. 273, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-404.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1856, § 1; Ga. L. 2021, p. 686, § 3/HB 591.
The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, designated the existing provisions of this Code section as subsection (a) and added subsections (b) through (d).

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Georgia Code

Title 37 - Mental Health

Chapter 7 - Hospitalization and Treatment of Alcoholics, Drug Dependent Individuals, and Drug Abusers

Article 3 - Examination, Hospitalization, and Treatment of Involuntary Patients

Part 1 - Emergency Receiving Facilities for Examination of Persons Apprehended Pursuant to Physician’s Certificate or Court Order

§ 37-7-40. Designation by Department of Emergency Receiving Facilities; Reporting; Penalty for Noncompliance

§ 37-7-41. Emergency Involuntary Treatment; Who May Certify Need; Delivery for Examination; Report of Delivery Required; Annual Report

§ 37-7-42. Emergency Admission of Persons Arrested for Penal Offenses; Report by Officer; Entry of Report Into Clinical Record

§ 37-7-43. Procedure Upon Admission; Notice of Proposed Discharge

§ 37-7-44. Giving Patient and His Representatives Notice of Their Rights Upon Patient’s Admission to Emergency Receiving Facility