O.C.G.A. § 37-7-91 (2019)
Discharge of persons meeting outpatient care criteria; time; preparation of service plan; interim outpatient treatment; notice of discharge; petition for hearing
(a) A person who is in the physical custody of a community mental health center, emergency receiving facility, or evaluating facility and who is determined by a physician or a psychologist, at or on behalf of that facility, to meet all of the outpatient treatment requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (c) of Code Section 37-7-90 shall be discharged from that facility as provided in this Code section pending a full and fair hearing or waiver thereof under Code Section