Rule 125-4-5-.03: Hospitalization

Division:
Board of Corrections
Effective Date:
November 25, 1999
Topic Area:
125-4: Institutional, Center, and Program Services — MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Official Source:
GA Secretary of State Rules
Length:
227 words

Summary

Seriously mentally ill inmates or probationers who present a great risk of danger to themselves or others or who are unable to care for their own physical health and safety so as to create a life-endangering crisis and who cannot be safely managed in a less restrictive environment may be transferred to an appropriate mental health facility. The Commissioner shall promulgate procedures for establishing the need and method for an inmate or probationer to be transferred to an appropriate mental ...

Key Topics

  • Mental Health Services
  • Institutional
  • Center
  • and Program Services

Full Text

Seriously mentally ill inmates or probationers who present a great risk of danger to themselves or others or who are unable to care for their own physical health and safety so as to create a life-endangering crisis and who cannot be safely managed in a less restrictive environment may be transferred to an appropriate mental health facility. The Commissioner shall promulgate procedures for establishing the need and method for an inmate or probationer to be transferred to an appropriate mental health facility.

Cite as Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 125-4-5-.03

Authority: Ga. Constitution 1983, Art. XI, Sec. I, Par. (b); Ga. L. 1956, pp. 161, 170; 1969, p. 598; 1956, pp. 161, 171; 1964, pp. 489, 490; 1968, p. 1399; 1969, p. 602; 1971, pp. 435, 436; 1972, p. 582; 1973, pp. 1297, 1298, 1299; Ga. L. 1979, p. 376; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1434 (O.C.G.A. 42-5-51 ); Ga. L. 1956, pp. 161, 173; 1957, pp. 447, 479; Ga. L. 1960, p. 234 (O.C.G.A. 42-5-52 ); Ga. L. 1969, pp. 234, 235; Ga. L. 1962, p. 699 (O.C.G.A. 42-5-52 ); Ga. L. 1956, pp. 161, 174; Ga. L. 1964, pp. 491, 492; Ga. L. 1970, pp. 318, 319 (O.C.G.A. 42-5-53 ); Ga. L. 1972, p. 838 (O.C.G.A. 42-5-6 ); Ga. L. 1982, p. 1476 (O.C.G.A. 17-7-131 ). Ga. L. 1978, p. 1647; 1983, p. 3, 507 (O.C.G.A. 42-2-11 ).

History. Original Rule, entitled "Hospitalization," filed as Rule 415-4-5-.03 on November 14, 1984; effective December 4, 1984, renumbered as Rule 125-4-5-.03. Filed June 28, 1985; effective July 20, 1985, as specified by the Agency.

Amended: F. Nov. 5, 1999; eff. Nov. 25, 1999.

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