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2018 Georgia Code 37-7-90 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 37-7-90 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 37-7-90

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

37-7-90. Physician's or psychologist's determination and certification as to involuntary outpatient care; treatment of patient as inpatient or outpatient.

  1. When a physician or psychologist at a facility or on behalf of a facility determines and certifies under this article that there is reason to believe a patient admitted to or examined at the facility is an alcoholic, a drug dependent individual, or a drug abuser requiring involuntary treatment, that physician or psychologist shall further determine and certify whether there is reason to believe the patient is:
    1. An inpatient or outpatient; and
    2. If an outpatient, whether:
      1. There is available outpatient treatment; and
      2. The patient will likely comply with the outpatient treatment so as to minimize the likelihood of the patient's becoming an inpatient.
  2. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the determination and certification as to paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of this Code section shall be made within the time period required for determining whether a patient is an alcoholic, a drug dependent individual, or a drug abuser requiring involuntary treatment, except that if such determination is made by a physician or psychologist at or on behalf of a community mental health center, the determination and certification shall be made within four hours after the patient is examined by the physician or psychologist.
  3. A person determined and certified to be:
    1. An outpatient;
    2. A person for whom there is available outpatient treatment; and
    3. Likely to comply with the outpatient treatment so as to minimize the likelihood of the patient's becoming an inpatient

      shall be considered to be in need of involuntary outpatient treatment and not involuntary inpatient treatment for purposes of further proceedings under this article until such time as that person's status is determined to be otherwise pursuant to those proceedings.

  4. A person determined and certified to be an alcoholic, a drug dependent individual, or a drug abuser requiring involuntary treatment who does not meet all of the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (c) of this Code section shall be considered to be in need of involuntary inpatient treatment and not involuntary outpatient treatment for purposes of further proceedings under this article until such time as that person's status is determined to be otherwise pursuant to those proceedings.

(Code 1981, §37-7-90, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 1098, § 10; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1902, § 22.)

Law reviews.

- For comment, "1986 Amendments to Georgia's Mental Health Statutes: The Latest Attempt to Provide a Solution to the Problem of the Chronically Mentally Ill," see 36 Emory L.J. 1313 (1987).

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Ridgeview Inst., Inc. v. Wingate, 271 Ga. 512 (Ga. 1999).

Cited 1 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Sep 13, 1999 | 520 S.E.2d 445

...Seese used Form 2021 provided by the Department of Human Resources, which is patterned on OCGA § 37-7-81 (a). That Code section requires that two physicians find Wingate to be an alcoholic in need of involuntary treatment, and that he does not meet the requirements for outpatient treatment set forth in OCGA § 37-7-90 (c)....
...Bowling, who also reported his observations and notations, which make it clear that he concurred in Dr. Seese’s diagnosis. The form as printed does not include any reference to a finding that Wingate did “not meet the outpatient treatment requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (c) of Code Section 37-7-90,” as specified for involuntary detention under OCGA § 37-7-81 (a). Wingate contends that the physicians’ responses and selections on the form did not satisfy OCGA § 37-7-22 (a) because that Code section requires that the chief...
...ng that a patient is incapacitated by alcohol on a recurring basis satisfies OCGA § 37-7-22 (a). These findings also showed that Wingate was unlikely to comply with outpatient treatment and therefore did not meet the outpatient requirements of OCGA § 37-7-90 (c) (3).2 The certificate used to initiate the involuntary treatment proceedings complied with OCGA § 37-7-22 (a)’s requirements....