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2020 Georgia Code
Title 37 - Mental Health
Chapter 5 - Community Services for the Developmentally Disabled
- § 37-5-1. Short Title
- § 37-5-2. Declaration of Policy
- § 37-5-3. Community Services Defined
- § 37-5-4. Applicability of Chapter; Eligibility for Community Services
- § 37-5-5. Duty of County Board of Health to Provide Community Services; District Health Department to Advise Families or Guardians of Developmentally Disabled Individuals
- § 37-5-6. County or Health District Plan for Community Services; Review and Approval of Plan by the Department
- § 37-5-7. Duty of Department to Provide Consulting and Financial Assistance to County Boards of Health; Failure of County Boards of Health to Provide Community Services
- § 37-5-8. Duty of Department to Establish Standards for Community Services, Inspect Programs, Issue Statements of Approval; Procedure Upon Discovery of Deficiencies; Reinspection
- § 37-5-9. Fees for Community Services
- § 37-5-10. Timetable for Implementation of This Chapter
Cross references.
- Child, family, or group-care facility operators prohibited from employing or allowing to reside or be domiciled persons with certain past criminal violations, § 16-12-1.1
Day-care centers for the developmentally disabled, § 37-6-1 et seq.
Administrative Rules and Regulations.- Rules and regulations on "Mental Health and Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse," Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Department of Human Resources, Chapters 290-4-1 and 290-4-3 et seq.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR.
- Validity, construction, and effect of statute requiring consultation with, or approval of, local governmental unit prior to locating group home, halfway house, or similar community residence for the mentally ill, 51 A.L.R.4th 1096.
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