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2010 Georgia Code
TITLE 37 - MENTAL HEALTH
CHAPTER 3 - EXAMINATION, TREATMENT, ETC., FOR MENTAL ILLNESS
ARTICLE 3 - EXAMINATION, HOSPITALIZATION, AND TREATMENT OF INVOLUNTARY PATIENTS
PART 1 - EMERGENCY RECEIVING FACILITIES FOR EXAMINATION OF PERSONS APPREHENDED PURSUANT TO PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATE, COURT ORDER, ETC
- § 37-3-40 - Designation by department of emergency receiving facilities
- § 37-3-41 - Emergency admission based on physician's certification or court order; report by apprehending officer; entry of treatment order into patient's clinical record; authority of other personnel to act under statute
- § 37-3-42 - Emergency admission of persons arrested for penal offenses; report by officer; entry of report into clinical record
- § 37-3-43 - Procedure upon admission; notice of proposed discharge
- § 37-3-44 - Giving patient and his representatives notice of their rights upon patient's admission to emergency receiving facility
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