O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 42-4-70 (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) “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.

(3) “Medical treatment” means each visit initiated by the inmate to an institutional physician; physician’s extender, including a physician assistant or a nurse practitioner; dentist; optometrist; or psychiatrist for examination or treatment. (4) “Officer in charge” means the sheriff, if the detention facility is under his supervision, or the warden, captain, or superintendent having the supervision of any other detention facility.

History

Code 1981, § 42-4-70, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2942, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1059, § 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1081, § 2; Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 3/HB 509.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 1995, p. 1059, effective July 1, 1995, purported to amend paragraph (1) of subsection (a); however, this Code section does not contain a subsection (a), and

the amendment is deemed to apply to paragraph (1) following the undesignated introductory paragraph. 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).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2014–2014 · leading case: The Med. Ctr. of Cent. Georgia, Inc. v. the City of MacOn, Georgia (Ga. Ct. App. 2014).

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The Med. Ctr. of Cent. Georgia, Inc. v. the City of MacOn, Georgia (Ga. Ct. App. 2014). “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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