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2019 Georgia Code
Title 31 - Health
Chapter 8 - Care and Protection of Indigent and Elderly Patients
Article 3 - Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program
§ 31-8-57. Reporting abuse
Universal Citation: GA Code § 31-8-57 (2019)
Any person who has reasonable cause to believe that a resident of a long-term care facility is being, or has been, abused, neglected, exploited, or abandoned or is in a condition which is the result of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or abandonment may report such information or cause a report to be made in any reasonable manner to the state ombudsman or community ombudsman, if any.
History:Code 1933, § 88-1909a, enacted by Ga. L. 1979, p. 1240, § 1.
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