O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 37-7-44 (2019)

Giving patient and his representatives notice of their rights upon patient’s admission to emergency receiving facility

✓ 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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(a) Immediately upon arrival of a patient at an emergency receiving facility under Code Section 37-7-43, the facility shall give the patient written notice of his right to petition for a writ of habeas corpus or for a protective order under Code Section 37-7-148. This written notice shall also inform the patient that he has a right to legal counsel and that, if the patient is unable to afford counsel, the court will appoint counsel.

(b) The notice informing the patient’s representatives of the patient’s hospitalization in an emergency receiving facility shall include a clear notification that the representatives may petition for a writ of habeas corpus or for a protective order under Code Section 37-7-148.

History

Code 1933, § 88-404.10, enacted by Ga. L. 1971, p. 273, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-404.6, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1856, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1098, § 7.

Annotations

Cross references. - Arrest of persons, T. 17, C. 4.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 25 Am. Jur. 2d, Drugs and Controlled Substances, § 93 et seq. ALR. - Hospital’s liability as to diag-

nosis and care of patients brought to emergency ward, 72 A.L.R.2d 396.

PART 2 EVALUATING FACILITIES FOR EXAMINATION OF PERSONS ORDERED TO UNDERGO EVALUATION FOR MENTAL ILLNESS