O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 30-6-3 (2019)

‘‘Personal assistance’’ defined

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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As used in this chapter, the term ‘‘personal assistance’’ means assistance which is required by a person with severe disabilities to achieve greater independence and which includes, but is not limited to, assistance with:

(1) Routine bodily functions such as bowel or bladder care;

(2) Dressing;

(3) Household management, including, but not limited to, housecleaning and personal correspondence;

(4) Preparation and consumption of food;

(5) Moving in and out of bed;

(6) Routine bathing;

(7) Transportation, community errands, and activities; and

(8) Any other similar activity of daily living.

History

(Code 1981, § 30-6-3, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1355, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 399, § 1.)