Title 31 — Title 31
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O.C.G.A. § 31-14-11 Unauthorized leave of committed person from hospital or facility
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Any person who leaves a hospital or facility approved by the department for the treatment of tuberculosis to which he or she has been committed by court order, without having been discharged by the medical staff of the tuberculosis inpatient unit or the community tuberculosis con…
O.C.G.A. § 31-14-14 Immunity from liability
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Any physician, peace officer, attorney, or health official, or any hospital or facility official, agent, or other person employed by a private hospital or facility or at a hospital or facility operated by the state, by a political subdivision of the state, by a county board of he…
O.C.G.A. § 31-14-2 Petition for commitment
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When the county board of health or the Department of Public Health has evidence that any person has active tuberculosis and is violating the rules and regulations promulgated by the department or the orders issued by the county board of health and thereby presents a substantial r…
O.C.G.A. § 31-14-4 Service of copy of petition and order; penalty for failure to comply
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A copy of the petition and order shall be served on the person named in the petition. Any failure of such person to comply with the order or with the notice by the persons appointed therein to make examination shall be enforceable by attachment for contempt. History. — Ga. L. 195…
O.C.G.A. § 31-14-5 Circumstances allowing custody pending hearing
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Where a danger exists that the person named in the petition may abscond or conceal himself or herself or where the person is conducting himself or herself so as to present a substantial risk of exposing other persons to an imminent danger of infection, the court may, as a part of…
O.C.G.A. § 31-14-6 Report of persons making examination; service of copies
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The person or persons appointed by the order to make the examination shall file a report thereof, in triplicate, in the court wherein the proceeding is pending. The clerk of the superior court shall forthwith make service of one copy on the agency instituting the proceeding and o…
O.C.G.A. § 31-14-8.1 Continuation of confinement of patient; report required; hearing
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(a) If it is necessary to continue confinement of a committed patient beyond a period of two years ordered by a court or hearing examiner or authorized under subsection (d) of this Code section, the designated responsible physician of the tuberculosis inpatient unit shall review …
O.C.G.A. § 31-14-9 Procedure for securing discharge; petition for habeas corpus
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31-14-10. Enforcement of rules and regulations by county boards of health. 31-14-11. Unauthorized leave of committed person from hospital or facility.