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Title 37 - Mental Health (Chs. 1 — 13)
Chapter 5 - Community Services for the Developmentally Disabled (§§ 37-5-1 — 37-5-9)
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Cross references.Child, family, or group-care facility operators prohibited from employing or allowing or housing 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.Emergency Receiving, Evaluating and Treatment Facilities, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Department of Behavioral Health and Development Disabilities, Rule 82-8-1-.01 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.
Hierarchy Notes:O. C. G. A. Title 37
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O.C.G.A. Title 37, Ch. 5
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- § 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; district health department to advise families and guardians
- § 37-5-6. County or health district plan for community services; review and approval of plan by the department
- § 37-5-7. Department to provide consulting and financial assistance; failure of county boards of health to provide community services
- § 37-5-8. Standards for community services; procedure for deficiencies; reinspection
- § 37-5-9. Fees for community services
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