Right of Patient's Attorney to Interview Physician or Psychologist and Staff Attending Patient; Establishment of Regulations as to Release of Information to Patient's Attorney

1. Law
2. Georgia Code
3. Mental Health
4. Hospitalization and Treatment of Alcoholics, Drug Dependent Individuals, and Drug Abusers
5. Rights and Privileges of Patients, Their Representatives, and Others Generally
6. Rights and Privileges as to Manner of Care and Treatment and as to Maintenance and Release of Clinical Records
7. Right of Patient's Attorney to Interview Physician or Psychologist and Staff Attending Patient; Establishment of Regulations as to Release of Information to Patient's Attorney

The patient's attorney shall have the right, at reasonable times, to interview the physician or psychologist and staff who have attended or are now attending the patient in any facility and to have the patient's records interpreted by them. The chief medical officer is authorized and directed to establish reasonable regulations to make available to the patient's attorney all such information in the possession of the facility as the attorney requires in order to advise and represent the patient concerning his hospitalization.

(Code 1933, § 88-402.20, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1856, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1059, § 42.)

Cross references.

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

CHAPTER 8 TREATMENT OF ALCOHOLICS AND INTOXICATED PERSONS

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