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2018 Georgia Code 37-7-141 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)

O.C.G.A. 37-7-141 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 37-7-141

TITLE 37 MENTAL HEALTH

Section 7. Hospitalization and Treatment of Alcoholics, Drug Dependent Individuals, and Drug Abusers, 37-7-1 through 37-7-168.

ARTICLE 6 RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF PATIENTS, THEIR REPRESENTATIVES, AND OTHERS GENERALLY

37-7-141. 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, § 88-402.15, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1856, § 1.)

Cross references.

- Right to legal counsel generally, U.S. Const., amend. 6 and Ga. Const., 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. XIV.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 25 Am. Jur. 2d, Drugs and Controlled Substances, §§ 90, 96, 97.

ALR.

- Accused's right to represent himself in state criminal proceedings - modern state cases, 98 A.L.R.3d 13.

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