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2010 Georgia Code
TITLE 37 - MENTAL HEALTH
CHAPTER 7 - HOSPITALIZATION, TREATMENT, ETC., OF ALCOHOLICS, DRUG DEPENDENT INDIVIDUALS, AND DRUG ABUSERS
ARTICLE 6 - RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF PATIENTS, THEIR REPRESENTATIVES, ETC., GENERALLY
PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- § 37-7-140 - Retention of rights and privileges by patients generally; right to due process
- § 37-7-141 - Patients' right to legal counsel
- § 37-7-142 - Right of patients to communicate with persons outside facility and to receive visitors; inspection, restriction, and censorship of patient correspondence; establishment by chief medical officer of regulations governing visits and use of telephones
- § 37-7-143 - Patients' rights in regard to personal effects; liability of facility's employees and staff members for loss of or damage to patients' personal effects
- § 37-7-144 - Patients' right to vote
- § 37-7-145 - Employment of patients outside facilities
- § 37-7-146 - Education of children undergoing treatment in a facility
- § 37-7-147 - Appointment of patient representatives and guardians ad litem; notice provisions; duration and scope of guardianship ad litem
- § 37-7-148 - Rights of patients or representatives to petition for writ of habeas corpus and for judicial protection of rights and privileges granted by this chapter
- § 37-7-149 - Establishment of patients and staff complaint procedures; making of final decisions; complaint procedures as alternative to legal remedies
- § 37-7-150 - Right to appeal orders of probate court, juvenile court, or hearing examiner; payment of costs of appeal; right of patient to subsequent appeal; right of patient to legal counsel on appeal
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