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Title 31 - Health (Chs. 1 — 54)
Chapter 14 - Hospitalization for Tuberculosis (§§ 31-14-1 — 31-14-14)
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Cross references.Powers and duties of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, § 37-1-20 et seq.
Administrative rules and regulations.Certificate of Immunization for a Child Immunized Outside of Georgia, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of Georgia Department of Public Health, Disease Surveillance and Control, Immunization of School Children, Rule 511-2-2-.06.
Tuberculosis Control, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of Georgia Department of Public Health, Disease Surveillance and Control, Rule 511-2-3-.01 et seq.
Law reviews.For note on 1995 amendments and enactments of Code sections in this chapter, see 12 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 247 (1995).
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O.C.G.A. Title 31, Ch. 14
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- § 31-14-1. Active tuberculosis; declaration of policy
- § 31-14-2. Petition for commitment
- § 31-14-3. Hearing on petition; notice; physical examination; court costs; attorney’s fee; conduct of hearing
- § 31-14-4. Service of copy of petition and order; penalty for failure to comply
- § 31-14-5. Circumstances allowing custody pending hearing
- § 31-14-6. Report of persons making examination; service of copies
- § 31-14-7. Results of hearing; commitment to hospital or facility; dismissal of petition and release from custody; costs of transportation; review of commitment order
- § 31-14-8. Period of confinement of patients committed under chapter
- § 31-14-8.1. Continuation of confinement of patient; report required; hearing
- § 31-14-8.2. Appeal from orders of superior court or hearing examiner; costs; right to counsel
- § 31-14-9. Procedure for securing discharge; petition for habeas corpus
- § 31-14-10. Enforcement of rules and regulations by county boards of health
- § 31-14-11. Unauthorized leave of committed person from hospital or facility
- § 31-14-12. Applicability of commitment provisions to persons who obey rules and regulations of department
- § 31-14-13. Order directing compliance with plan of evaluation or outpatient treatment; contempt
- § 31-14-14. Immunity from liability
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