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2025 Code of Georgia
Title 37 - Mental Health (Chs. 1 — 13)
Chapter 3 - Examination, Treatment, etc., for Mental Illness (Arts. 1 — 7)
Article 1 - General Provisions (§§ 37-3-1 — 37-3-8)
- § 37-3-1. Definitions
- § 37-3-2. Authority of board to issue regulations; powers of department generally
- § 37-3-3. Hospitalization orders entered before September 1, 1978; orders authorizing continued hospitalization of patients hospitalized before September 1, 1978
- § 37-3-4. Immunity from liability; immunity not applicable to failure to meet standard of care
- § 37-3-5. Apprehension by peace officer of patient who leaves facility without permission
- § 37-3-6. Approval of private facilities as emergency receiving, evaluating, or treatment facility; powers and duties of private facilities; right to deny admission
- § 37-3-7. Abandoning or leaving patients on grounds of psychiatric hospital
- § 37-3-8. Loitering or trespassing on grounds of psychiatric hospital
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