Admission of Persons to Evaluating Facilities for Evaluation and Emergency Treatment

  1. Law
  2. Georgia Code
  3. Mental Health
  4. Examination, Treatment, etc., for Mental Illness
  5. Examination, Hospitalization, and Treatment of Involuntary Patients
  6. Evaluating Facilities for Examination of Persons Ordered to Undergo Evaluation for Mental Illness
  7. Admission of Persons to Evaluating Facilities for Evaluation and Emergency Treatment

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Any person who is brought to an evaluating facility under Code Section 37-3-43 or under a court order as provided in Code Section 37-3-62 shall be received for evaluation and such treatment as is indicated by good medical practice.

(Code 1933, § 88-505.4, enacted by Ga. L. 1969, p. 505, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1789, § 1.)

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- For note, "Mental Health Commitment Procedures in Georgia," see 3 Ga. St. B.J. 230 (1966).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Medical admissions county was a county in which the procedure was governed by Ga. L. 1969, p. 505. 1972 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U72-29.


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