O.C.G.A. § 30-4-4 (2019)
Denial of or interference with admittance to or enjoyment of facilities or exercise of rights
Any person, firm, corporation, or the agent of any person, firm, or corporation who denies or interferes with admittance to or enjoyment of the facilities enumerated in this chapter or otherwise interferes with the rights of a totally or partially blind person, physically disabled person, or deaf person or person engaged in the training or raising of a guide dog or service dog as provided by this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $2,000.00, imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both.
History
(Ga. L. 1955, p. 155, § 2; Ga. L. 1975, p. 1639, § 2; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1131, § 2; Code 1981, § 30-4-4, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2000, p. 1350, § 1; Ga. L. 2007, p. 316, § 2/HB 366.)
Annotations
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 27A Am. Jur. 2d, Entertainment and Sports Law, § 44 et seq.
CHAPTER 5 PROTECTION OF DISABLED ADULTS AND ELDER PERSONS Sec.
Short title. Legislative purpose. Definitions. Reporting of need for protective services; manner and contents of report; immunity from civil or criminal liability; privileged communications. Investigation of reports of need for protective services; interference with investigation; provision of protective services. Cooperation of other public agencies with director; power of director to contract for provision of medical evaluations; regulations. Confidentiality of public records; reasonable access; redaction in certain circumstances.
Cross references. - Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias State Plan, § T. 49, C. 6, Art. 8. Trafficking of a disabled adult, elder person, or resident; penalty, § 16-5-102.1. Residential care facilities for the elderly authorities, T. 31, C. 7, Art. 5.
Administrative rules and regulations. - Clients rights, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of Department of Human Services, Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Addictive Diseases, Subject 290-4-9.
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Criminal offenses and penalties. Applicability to employment relationship. Cooperative effort in development of programs relating to abuse and exploitation of disabled adults, elder persons, and residents of long-term care facilities. Establishment of Adult Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Multidisciplinary Team; membership; duties; creation of memorandum of understanding; confidentiality and limitations on disclosures; reporting and reviews.
Law reviews. - For article, ‘‘The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Implications for the Rights of Elderly People under International Law,’’ see 25 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 527 (2009). For article, ‘‘Disability Rights, Disability Discrimination, and Social Insurance,’’ see 25 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 575 (2009). For article, ‘‘ ‘Simplify You, Classify You’: Stigma, Stereotypes and Civil Rights in Disability Classification Systems,’’ see 25 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 607 (2009).
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 40A Am. Jur. 2d., Hospitals and Asylums, § 32. Am. Jur. Proof of Facts. - Wrongful Confinement to a Mental Health or Developmental Disabilities, 44 POF3d 217.
Proof of Abuse, Neglect or Exploitation of Older Persons, 53 POF3d 1.