Any patient admitted to an evaluating facility may apply to the chief medical officer of that facility for transfer at his own expense to any other approved evaluating facility. If the evaluating facility to which transfer is requested agrees to admit the patient and if the patient is able to pay for evaluation at such facility, he shall be transferred forthwith. In such case, Code Section 37-7-64 shall apply; and the time periods specified shall be counted from the date of admission to the evaluating facility to which the patient is transferred. Notice of the transfer shall be given to the patient's representatives; to the person who filed the original petition, if any; if the patient was admitted to the evaluating facility from an emergency receiving facility under Code Section 37-7-43, to the physician or psychologist who executed the certificate or to the court which issued the order pursuant to Code Section 37-7-41; if the patient was under criminal charges of which the facility received written notification, by certified mail or statutory overnight delivery to the law enforcement agency originally having custody of the patient; and, if the patient was admitted to the evaluating facility under Code Section 37-7-62, to the court that ordered the evaluation.
(Code 1933, § 88-404.17, enacted by Ga. L. 1971, p. 273, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-405.7, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1856, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1902, § 19; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 3.)
Editor's notes.- Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 16, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment to this Code section is applicable with respect to notices delivered on or after July 1, 2000.
PART 3 DETERMINATION OF NEED FOR TREATMENT, ADMISSION TO TREATMENT FACILITIES
37-7-80. Designation of treatment facilities.
Any state owned or state operated facility may be designated by the department as a treatment facility. The department shall maintain a treatment facility at each regional hospital which shall accept patients found in any county in the service region of the hospital. Any other facility within the State of Georgia may be so designated by the department at the request of or with the consent of the governing officers of the facility.
(Code 1933, § 88-404.19, enacted by Ga. L. 1971, p. 273, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-406.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1856, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1098, § 9.)