O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 37-4-100 (2019)

Retention of rights and privileges by clients generally; right to due process

✓ 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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Clients shall retain all rights and privileges granted other persons or citizens. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no person who is receiving or has received services for a developmental disability shall be deprived of any civil, political, personal, or property rights or be considered legally incompetent for any purpose without due process of law.

History

Code 1933, § 88-2503.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1826, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 3-7/HB 228.

Annotations

Cross references. - Rights of persons generally, T. 1, C. 2. Capacity of mentally

incompetent persons to enter into contracts, § 13-3-24. Sterilization of mentally incompetent persons, § 31-20-3. Testamentary capacity, § 53-4-10 et seq.

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Criminal responsibility for physical measures undertaken in connec-

tion with treatment of mentally disordered patient, 99 A.L.R.3d 854.