2025 Code of Georgia
Title 31 - Health (Chs. 1 — 54)
Chapter 7 - Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities (Arts. 1 — 16)
Article 8 - Health Service Provider Psychologists (§§ 31-7-160 — 31-7-165)
Annotations
Notes
Editor’s notes.Ga. L. 1983, p. 1426, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “The General Assembly finds and declares that treatment of psychological problems of persons residing within the community would in some cases be advanced by temporary hospitalization. The interests of the people of this state demand that all appropriate resources, including inpatient facilities, be available to assist in the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and amelioration of psychological problems and emotional and mental disorders. The General Assembly recognizes that psychology is an independent health profession as set forth and prescribed by the State Board of Examiners of Psychologists and Chapter 39 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated. It is therefore the intent of the General Assembly, in enacting this Act, to authorize medical facilities and institutions, on local determination, to make psychological services available in an inpatient setting.”
Research References & Practice Aids
Hierarchy Notes:O. C. G. A. Title 31
O. C. G. A. Title 31, Ch. 7
- § 31-7-160. Definitions
- § 31-7-161. Appointment to staff of medical facility or institution
- § 31-7-162. Training and experience requirements
- § 31-7-163. Status of present psychologist staff members
- § 31-7-164. Limitation or revocation of staff privileges
- § 31-7-165. Report of denial of staff privileges
