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O.C.G.A. § 26-5-20 — Priority admissions policy for drug dependent pregnant females | Georgia Code

O.C.G.A. § 26-5-20 (2018) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Scholar Amendments

TITLE 26 FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS

Section 5. Drug Abuse Treatment and Education Programs, 26-5-1 through 26-5-62.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

26-5-20. Priority admissions policy for drug dependent pregnant females.

Any program licensed or funded by the department under this article shall implement a priority admissions policy for the treatment of drug dependent pregnant females which provides for immediate access to services for any such female applying for admission, which access shall be contingent only upon the availability of space.

(Code 1981, §26-5-20, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 977, § 2; Ga. L. 2017, p. 307, § 2/SB 88.)

The 2017 amendment, effective May 4, 2017, substituted "article" for "chapter" near the beginning of this Code section.

Code Commission notes.

- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1993, a comma was inserted following the word "admission" near the end of this Code section.

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