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O.C.G.A. § 37-3-141 — Patients' right to legal counsel | Georgia Code

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TITLE 37 MENTAL HEALTH

Section 3. Examination, Treatment, etc., for Mental Illness, 37-3-1 through 37-3-168.

ARTICLE 6 RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF PATIENTS, THEIR REPRESENTATIVES, ETC., GENERALLY

37-3-141. Patients' right to legal counsel.

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.

(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.)

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.

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