History. Code 1971, § 42-5-56 , enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 591, § 1; Ga. L. 2019, p. 912, § 6/SB 9; Ga. L. 2020, p. 245, § 3/HB 911; Ga. L. 2021, p. 516, § 5/SB 117.
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, substituted “improper sexual contact by employee or agent” for “sexual assault against a person in custody” in the middle of subsection (a).
The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, inserted “and improper sexual contact by a foster parent” in the middle of subsection (a).
The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, substituted “agent, improper sexual contact by a foster parent, and improper sexual contact by person in a position of trust” for “agent and improper sexual contact by a foster parent” in the middle of subsection (a).
Editor’s notes.
The former provisions of this Code section, concerning temporary transfer of convicted persons pending appeal and adoption of rules and regulations by the board, were based on Ga. L. 1971, p. 341, § 4, and were repealed by Ga. L. 1982, p. 1364, § 3, effective January 1, 1983.
Administrative rules and regulations.
Visitation, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Board of Corrections, Institutional and Center Operations, Chapter 125-3-4.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 5 - Correctional Institutions of State and Counties
Article 3 - Conditions of Detention Generally
§ 42-5-52.1. Submission to Hiv Test; Separate Housing for Hiv Infected Persons
§ 42-5-52.2. Testing of Prison Inmates for Hiv; Consolidation of Inmates Testing Positive
§ 42-5-56. Visitation With Minors by Convicted Sexual Offenders
§ 42-5-59. Employment of Inmates in the Local Community
§ 42-5-62. Forfeiture of Contraband
§ 42-5-63. Unauthorized Possession of Weapon by Inmate