O.C.G.A.
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.
It shall be the responsibility of the department to see that every patient is given the opportunity to secure legal counsel at his own expense to represent him in connection with private, personal, domestic, business, civil, criminal, and all other legal matters in which he may be involved during hospitalization.
History
Code 1933, § 88-502.12, enacted by Ga. L. 1969, p. 505, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-502.15, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1789, § 1.
Annotations
Cross references. - Right of legal counsel generally, U.S. Const. amend. 6, and Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. XIV.
RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Right to counsel in insanity or incompetency adjudication proceedings, 87 A.L.R.2d 950.
Accused’s right to represent himself in state criminal proceedings - modern state cases, 98 A.L.R.3d 13.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
1
case, 1983–1983 · leading case:
Watkins v. Roche, 560 F. Supp. 416 (S.D. Ga. 1983).
Watkins v. Roche, 560 F. Supp. 416 (S.D. Ga. 1983).
· cites it 2× “These rights extend from participation in the planning of his treatment to safe, skillful treatment, Official Code of Georgia § 37-3-162, to the right to refuse treatment, Official Code of Georgia § 37-3-163, to communicate freely with persons outside the facility, § 37-3-142,…”
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