Right of Client's Attorney to Interview Persons in Charge of Client's Habilitation in a Facility; Establishment of Regulations as to Release of Information to Client's Attorney

  1. Law
  2. Georgia Code
  3. Mental Health
  4. Habilitation of the Developmentally Disabled Generally
  5. Rights and Privileges of Developmentally Disabled Persons Undergoing Habilitation, Their Representatives, etc., Generally
  6. Rights and Privileges as to Manner of Habilitation and as to Maintenance and Release of Clinical Records
  7. Right of Client's Attorney to Interview Persons in Charge of Client's Habilitation in a Facility; Establishment of Regulations as to Release of Information to Client's Attorney

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The client's attorney shall have the right, at reasonable times, to interview the persons in charge of the client's habilitation in any facility and to have the client's records interpreted by them. The superintendent or regional state hospital administrator is authorized and directed to establish reasonable regulations to make available to the client's attorney all such information in the possession of the facility as the attorney requires in order to advise and represent the client concerning his habilitation.

(Code 1933, § 88-2503.20, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1826, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1324, § 1-19.)

Cross references.

- Release of medical information generally, § 24-12-1 et seq.

CHAPTER 5 COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED

Sec.

  • 37-5-1. Short title.
  • 37-5-2. Declaration of policy.
  • 37-5-3. Community services defined.
  • 37-5-4. Applicability of chapter; eligibility for community services.
  • 37-5-5. Duty of county board of health to provide community services; district health department to advise families or guardians of developmentally disabled individuals.
  • 37-5-6. County or health district plan for community services; review and approval of plan by the department.
  • 37-5-7. Duty of department to provide consulting and financial assistance to county boards of health; failure of county boards of health to provide community services.
  • 37-5-8. Duty of department to establish standards for community services, inspect programs, issue statements of approval; procedure upon discovery of deficiencies; reinspection.
  • 37-5-9. Fees for community services.
  • 37-5-10. Timetable for implementation of this chapter [Repealed].
Cross references.

- Child, family, or group-care facility operators prohibited from employing or allowing to reside or be domiciled persons with certain past criminal violations, § 16-12-1.1

Day-care centers for the developmentally disabled, § 37-6-1 et seq.

Administrative Rules and Regulations.

- Rules and regulations on "Mental Health and Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse," Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Department of Human Resources, Chapters 290-4-1 and 290-4-3 et seq.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Validity, construction, and effect of statute requiring consultation with, or approval of, local governmental unit prior to locating group home, halfway house, or similar community residence for the mentally ill, 51 A.L.R.4th 1096.


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