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2006 Georgia Code - 49-4A-7
49-4A-7. (a) The department shall be authorized
to: (1) Accept for detention
in a youth development center or other juvenile detention facility
any child who is committed to the department under Article 1 of
Chapter 11 of Title 15; (2)
Provide probation and parole and other court services for children
and youth pursuant to a request from a court under Article 1 of
Chapter 11 of Title 15; (3)
Provide casework services and care or payment of maintenance costs
for children and youths who have run away from their home
communities within this state or from their home communities in
this state to another state or from their home communities in
another state to this state; pay the costs of returning such
runaway children and youths to their home communities; and provide
such services, care, or costs for runaway children and youths as
may be required under Chapter 3 of Title 39; (4) Enter into contracts and cooperative
agreements with federal, state, county, and municipal governments
and their agencies and departments; enter into contracts with
public and private institutions and agencies of this and other
states; enter into leases with private vendors selected to operate
programs on behalf of the department which leases shall run
concurrently with the department´s service contracts;
provided, however, that any such lease shall provide that if the
property which is the subject of the lease is sold and conveyed
during the term of the lease, such lease shall expire by operation
of law 90 days after the closing of such sale and conveyance; and
enter into contracts with individuals, as may be necessary or
desirable in effectuating the purposes of this chapter; and
(5) Solicit and accept donations,
contributions, and gifts and receive, hold, and use grants,
devises, and bequests of real, personal, and mixed property on
behalf of the state to enable the department to carry out its
functions and purposes. (b)
When given legal custody over a child or youth for detention in a
youth development center or other facility under court order under
Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 15, the department shall
have: (1) The right of
physical possession of the child or youth; (2) The right and duty to protect, train, and
discipline the child or youth; (3) The responsibility to provide the child or
youth with food, clothing, shelter, and education;
(4) The right to determine in which
facility the child or youth shall live; and (5) The right and duty to provide or obtain for
a child or youth medical, hospital, psychiatric, surgical, or
dental care or services as may be considered appropriate and
necessary by competent medical authority without securing prior
consent of parents or legal guardians. (c) The board may authorize the commissioner to
enter into contracts and agreements provided for in this Code
section subject to the approval of the board or may, through
appropriate action of the board, delegate such authority to the
commissioner.
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