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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 3 - Examination, Hospitalization, and Treatment of Involuntary Patients (Pts. 1 — 4)
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JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Private mental hospitals. —Georgia statutes neither compel nor encourage involuntary commitment, precluding a private mental hospital from becoming a state actor by state compulsion, for purposes of a suit under the federal civil rights act. Harvey v. Harvey, 949 F.2d 1127, 1992 U. S. App. LEXIS 60 (11th Cir. 1992).
Research References & Practice Aids
Cross references.Evaluation regarding mental competency to stand trial, Ga. Unif. Super. Ct. 31.4, Ga. Unif. Magistrate Ct. 28.5.
Evaluation regarding degree of criminal responsibility or insanity, Ga. Unif. Super. Ct. 31.5.
Transfer of inmates who are mentally diseased from county correctional institutions to department, § 42-5-52.
Hierarchy Notes:O. C. G. A. Title 37
O. C. G. A. Title 37, Ch. 3
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O.C.G.A. Title 37, Ch. 3, Art. 3
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- Part 1 - Emergency Receiving Facilities for Examination of Apprehended Persons (§§ 37-3-40 — 37-3-44)
- Part 2 - Evaluating Facilities for Examination of Persons Ordered to Undergo Evaluation for Mental Illness (§§ 37-3-60 — 37-3-65)
- Part 3 - Need for Treatment Determinations and Treatment Facilities (§§ 37-3-80 — 37-3-85)
- Part 4 - Involuntary Outpatient Care (§§ 37-3-90 — 37-3-95)
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