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O.C.G.A. § 37-7-63 — Admission of persons to evaluating facilities for evaluation and emergency treatment | Georgia Code

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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 3 EXAMINATION, HOSPITALIZATION, AND TREATMENT OF INVOLUNTARY PATIENTS

37-7-63. Admission of persons to evaluating facilities for evaluation and emergency treatment.

Any person who is brought to an evaluating facility under Code Section 37-7-43 or under a court order as provided in Code Section 37-7-62 shall be received for evaluation and such treatment as is indicated by good medical practice.

(Code 1933, § 88-404.14, enacted by Ga. L. 1971, p. 273, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-405.4, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1856, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 37.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Kendrick v. Metropolitan Psychiatric Ctr., Inc., 158 Ga. App. 839, 282 S.E.2d 361 (1981).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 25 Am. Jur. 2d, Drugs and Controlled Substances, § 89 et seq.

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