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2025 Code of Georgia
Title 49 - Social Services (Chs. 1 — 10)
Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth (Arts. 1 — 14)
Article 1 - Children and Youth Services (§§ 49-5-1 — 49-5-26)
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Cross references.Extended care youth services, § 15-11-340 et seq.
Law reviews.For note, “Who Calls the Shots?: Parents Versus the Parens Patriae Power of the States to Mandate Vaccines for Children in New York,” see 37 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 637 (2021).
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O. C. G. A. Title 49, Ch. 5
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O.C.G.A. Title 49, Ch. 5, Art. 1
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- § 49-5-1. Short title
- § 49-5-2. Purpose of article
- § 49-5-3. Definitions
- § 49-5-4. Other state departments, agencies, officers, and employees to assist department
- § 49-5-4.1. Child welfare agency public scorecard established
- § 49-5-5. Powers and duties of board; rules and regulations for training schools and other facilities
- § 49-5-6. Merit system to conform to federal standards; power to employ and contract for professional services; employment and dismissal procedures; membership in state retirement system
- § 49-5-7. Development and administration of public child welfare and youth services
- § 49-5-8. Powers and duties of department
- § 49-5-8.1. Short-term respite care of child in foster care; reasonable and prudent parent standard
- § 49-5-9. Use of public and private institutions and agencies; inspections; examination and control of children not in department’s facilities
- § 49-5-10. [Reserved] Commitment of delinquent or unruly children to department; procedures; handling and treatment; escape and apprehension; release; termination of control
- § 49-5-11. [Reserved] Escape from a youth detention center
- § 49-5-12. Licensing and inspection of child welfare agencies; standards; revocation or refusal of license; penalties; violations
- § 49-5-12.1. Penalties for violation of child welfare agency laws and regulations
- § 49-5-12.2. Immunity from liability
- § 49-5-12.3. Annual inspection of child welfare agency
- § 49-5-13. Private child care learning centers not required to meet federal adult-child ratio
- § 49-5-14. [Reserved] Fire inspections of day-care homes and centers; fire safety codes
- § 49-5-15. Notice as to child brought into state for placement or adoption; bond; certificate as to foster home; reports
- § 49-5-16. Power of department to contract; acceptance of children from federal courts for compensation
- § 49-5-17. Power of department to accept and use gifts
- § 49-5-18. Instituting or intervening in legal proceedings
- § 49-5-19. Annual report on children and youth services
- § 49-5-20. Existing charters of charitable institutions
- § 49-5-21. Penalties for aiding, harboring, or encouraging escapees or hindering their apprehension
- § 49-5-22. Voluntary pre-kindergarten programs to provide toilet facilities screened for privacy
- § 49-5-23. Obtaining information on recall notices
- § 49-5-24. Implementation of state-wide system for data sharing; waivers from certain federal regulations
- § 49-5-25. Maternity supportive housing residences; registration; requirements
- § 49-5-26. Pilot program for provision of screenings, clinical evaluations, training, services, and resources for autism spectrum disorder; reports; rules and regulations
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