O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 31-7-160 (2019)

Definitions

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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As used in this article, the term:

(1) ‘‘Health service provider psychologist’’ means a licensed psychologist who meets the criteria of training and experience as provided in Code Section 31-7-162 in the delivery of direct, preventive, assessment and therapeutic intervention services to individuals whose growth, adjustment, or functioning is actually impaired or is demonstrably at a high risk of impairment.

(2) ‘‘Psychologist’s order’’ means an order issued by a health service provider psychologist practicing psychology in accordance with Chapter 39 of Title 43 for the care and treatment rendered to a person in a medical facility or institution, including admission and discharge. Such care and treatment does not include the ordering or prescribing of medications, nursing assessments or interventions, or medical procedures.

History

Code 1981, § 31-7-160, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1426, § 2; Ga. L. 1997, p. 911, § 2.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in In the Interest of M.D., 244 Ga. App. 156, 534 S.E.2d 889 (2000).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2000–2000 · leading case: In the Interest of M. D., 534 S.E.2d 889 (Ga. Ct. App. 2000).
In the Interest of M. D., 534 S.E.2d 889 (Ga. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 2× “See OCGA §§ 31-7-160; 31-7-162. Where a statement is received as part of a medical diagnosis or treatment, such state *159 ment is not deemed hearsay.”
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