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2018 Georgia Code 35-3-171 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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TITLE 35 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES

Section 3. Georgia Bureau of Investigation, 35-3-1 through 35-3-204.

ARTICLE 7 STATE-WIDE ALERT SYSTEM FOR MISSING DISABLED ADULTS

35-3-171. Definitions.

As used in this article, the term:

  1. "Alert system" means the state-wide "Mattie's Call" alert system for missing disabled adults and medically endangered persons.
  2. "Disabled adult" means an adult who is developmentally impaired or who suffers from dementia or some other cognitive impairment.
  3. "Local law enforcement agency" means a law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the investigation of a missing disabled adult or other medically endangered person.
  4. "Medically endangered person" means a person with a known medical condition that might reasonably cause such person to become incapacitated or that may result in life-threatening physiological conditions likely to lead to serious bodily injury or death if not immediately treated.

(Code 1981, §38-3-111, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 539, § 1/HB 728; Code 1981, §35-3-171, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2008, p. 233, § 1/SB 202; Ga. L. 2014, p. 704, § 3/SB 23.)

The 2014 amendment, effective July 1, 2013, added "and medically endangered persons" to the end of paragraph (1); in paragraph (3), deleted "local" following "means a" near the beginning and added "or other medically endangered persons" at the end; and added paragraph (4). See Editor's notes for effective dates that precede Governor's approval.

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 2014, p. 704, § 1/SB 23, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Stacey Nicole English Act.'"

Ga. L. 2014, p. 704, § 5/SB 23, approved by the Governor on April 24, 2014, provided that the effective date of this Code section is July 1, 2013. See Op. Att'y Gen. No. 76-76 for construction of effective date provisions that precede the date of approval by the Governor.

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