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O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 42-8-35.7 (2019)

Drug and alcohol screening of probationers

✓ 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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Unless the court or State Board of Pardons and Paroles has ordered more frequent screenings, drug and alcohol screenings shall be administered in accordance with DCS rules and regulations.

History

Code 1981, § 42-8-35.7, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 775, § 5; Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 4-1/HB 310.

Annotations

Cross references. Drug free workplace programs, § 34-9410 et seq. 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 article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 231 (2015).

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. Propriety of requirement, as condition

of probation, that defendant refrain from use of intoxicants, 46 A.L.R.6th 241.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2014–2014 · leading case: Sentinel Offender Servs., LLC v. Glover, 766 S.E.2d 456 (Ga. 2014).
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Sentinel Offender Servs., LLC v. Glover, 766 S.E.2d 456 (Ga. 2014). · cites it 2× “22 Other provisions found excluded by the trial court were those authorizing a court to require probationers to submit to drug and alcohol screening (OCGA § 42-8-35.7) or to require probationers to undergo mental health screening and counseling (OCGA § 42-8-35.”
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