TITLE 37 MENTAL HEALTH

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

ARTICLE 3 EXAMINATION, HOSPITALIZATION, AND TREATMENT OF INVOLUNTARY PATIENTS

37-3-80. Designation of treatment facilities.

Any state owned or state operated facility may be designated by the department as a treatment facility. The department shall maintain a treatment facility at each regional hospital which shall accept patients found in any county in the service region of the hospital. Any other facility within the State of Georgia may be so designated by the department at the request of or with the consent of the governing officers of the facility.

(Ga. L. 1958, p. 697, § 5; Ga. L. 1960, p. 837, § 5; Code 1933, § 35-227, enacted by Ga. L. 1963, p. 528, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-505, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-506.2, enacted by Ga. L. 1969, p. 505, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-506.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1789, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1098, § 4.)