O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 31-8-88 (2019)

Notice of requirements of article

✓ 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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The department shall prepare a written notice describing the reporting requirements set forth in this article. Such notice shall be distributed to all long-term care facilities and hospitals in the state and copies thereof shall be posted in conspicuous locations within facilities and hospitals.

History

Code 1933, § 88-1910c, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1261, § 1.

ARTICLE 5 BILL OF RIGHTS FOR RESIDENTS OF LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES

Annotations

Cross references. - Rights and privileges of patients undergoing treatment for mental illness, § 37-3-140 et seq.

Rights and privileges of persons undergoing habilitation for intellectual or developmental disability, § 37-4-100 et seq.

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Criminal liability under statutes penalizing abuse or neglect of the institutionalized infirm, 60 A.L.R.4th 1153. Liability of nursing home for violating statutory duty to notify third party con-

cerning patient’s medical condition, 46 A.L.R.5th 821. Validity, construction, application, and effect of Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 USCS §§ 1997 - 1997j, 93 A.L.R. Fed. 706.