O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 42-4-50 (2019)

Definitions

✓ 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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As used in this article, the term: (1) “Detention facility” means a municipal or county jail used for the detention of persons charged with or convicted of either a felony, a misdemeanor, or a municipal offense. (2) “Governing authority” means the governing authority of the county or municipality in which the detention facility is located. (3) “Inmate” means a person who is detained in a detention facility by reason of being charged with or convicted of a felony, a misdemeanor, or a municipal offense. Such term does not include any sentenced inmate who is the responsibility of the Department of Corrections. (4) “Medical care” includes medical attention, dental care, and medicine and necessary and associated costs such as transportation, guards, room, and board. (5) “Officer in charge” means the sheriff, if the detention facility is under his or her supervision, or the warden, captain, or superintendent having the supervision of any other detention facility.

History

Code 1981, § 42-4-50, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2125, § 2; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1059, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1081, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1264, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 570/HB 310.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 6-1/HB 310, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall become effective July 1, 2015, and shall apply to sentences entered on or after such date.”

Law reviews. For note on 1992 enactment of this Code section, see 9 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 310 (1992). For review of 1996 legislation relating to jails, see 13 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 269 and 273 (1996). For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 231 (2015).

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. Prisoner’s right to die or refuse medical treatment, 66 A.L.R.5th 111. Provision of hormone therapy or sexual

reassignment surgery to state inmates with Gender Identity Disorder (GID), 89 A.L.R.6th 701.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1996–2014 · leading case: Cherokee Cnty. v. North Cobb Surgical Assocs., P. C., 471 S.E.2d 561 (Ga. Ct. App. 1996).
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Cherokee Cnty. v. North Cobb Surgical Assocs., P. C., 471 S.E.2d 561 (Ga. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 4× “OCGA §§ 42-4-50; 42-4-51. Accordingly, the lower court did not err by granting summary judgment to North Cobb Surgical Associates.”
Med. Ctr. of Cent. Georgia, Inc. v. City of Macon, 757 S.E.2d 207 (Ga. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “The trial court noted that this Code section does not define “inmate” and looked to other Code sections (OCGA §§ 42-4-50, 42-4-70, and 42-5-55) to conclude that the definition of inmate is limited “to those persons who have been at least charged with or convicted of a crime.”
The Med. Ctr. of Cent. Georgia, Inc. v. the City of MacOn, Georgia (Ga. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “The trial court noted that this Code section does not define “inmate” and looked to other Code sections (OCGA § 42-4-50, § 42-4-70, and § 42-5-55) to conclude that the definition of inmate is limited “to those persons who have been at least charged with or convicted of a crime.”
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