The Interstate Compact on Mental Health is enacted into law and entered into by the State of Georgia with any and all states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows:
Law reviews.- For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 147 (2011).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Prerequisite to hospitalization of nonstate resident in state institution.
- Without a reciprocal agreement between the State of Georgia and the state where the original commitment was effectuated, the only procedure whereby a nonresident person could be hospitalized in a state institution would be by strict compliance with the Georgia Code. 1963-65 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 700.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR.
- Extraterritorial effect and recognition of adjudication of competency or incompetency, sanity or insanity, 102 A.L.R. 444.