Georgia Code, Title 31, Chapter 14 - Hospitalization for Tuberculosis

• § 31-14-1 - "Active Tuberculosis" Defined; Declaration of Policy
  (a) As used in this chapter, the term "active tuberculosis" means a diagnosis demonstrated by clinical, bacteriologic, or diagnostic imaging evidence, or a combination...
• § 31-14-2 - Petition for Commitment
  When the county board of health or the Department of Public Health has evidence that any person has active tuberculosis and is violating the...
• § 31-14-3 - Hearing on Petition; Notice; Physical Examination; Court Costs; Attorney's Fee; Conduct of Hearing
  (a) Immediately upon the filing of a petition pursuant to Code Section 31-14-2, the judge of the superior court shall set the matter for...
• § 31-14-4 - Service of Copy of Petition and Order; Penalty for Failure to Comply
  A copy of the petition and order shall be served on the person named in the petition. Any failure of such person to comply...
• § 31-14-5 - Circumstances Allowing Custody Pending Hearing
  Where a danger exists that the person named in the petition may abscond or conceal himself or herself or where the person is conducting...
• § 31-14-6 - Report of Persons Making Examination; Service of Copies
  The person or persons appointed by the order to make the examination shall file a report thereof, in triplicate, in the court wherein the...
• § 31-14-7 - Results of Hearing; Commitment to Hospital or Facility; Dismissal of Petition and Release From Custody; Costs of Transportation; Review of Commitment Order
  (a) Upon the hearing set in the order, if the court finds that the person has active tuberculosis, is violating the rules and regulations...
• § 31-14-8 - Period of Confinement of Patients Committed Under Chapter
  Upon commitment the patient shall be confined in a hospital or facility approved by the department for the care of tubercular patients for a...
• § 31-14-8.1 - Continuation of Confinement of Patient; Report Required; Hearing
  (a) If it is necessary to continue confinement of a committed patient beyond a period of two years ordered by a court or hearing...
• § 31-14-8.2 - Appeal From Orders of Superior Court or Hearing Examiner; Costs; Right to Counsel
  Either party may appeal any order of the superior court or hearing examiner in a proceeding under this chapter. An order of the superior...
• § 31-14-9 - Procedure for Securing Discharge; Petition for Habeas Corpus
  (a) At any time after commitment and not more often than once every six months, the patient or any friend or relative having reason...
• § 31-14-10 - Enforcement of Rules and Regulations by County Boards of Health
  The county boards of health or their duly authorized agents shall, within their respective limits, enforce rules and regulations adopted by the department for...
• § 31-14-11 - Unauthorized Leave of Committed Person From Hospital or Facility
  Any person who leaves a hospital or facility approved by the department for the treatment of tuberculosis to which he or she has been...
• § 31-14-12 - Applicability of Commitment Provisions to Persons Who Obey Rules and Regulations of Department
  No person having active tuberculosis who, in his or her home or other place, obeys the rules and regulations of the department and county...
• § 31-14-13 - Order Directing Compliance With Plan of Evaluation or Outpatient Treatment; Contempt
  (a) In lieu of the petition for commitment as authorized by Code Section 31-14-2, the county board of health or the department may petition...
• § 31-14-14 - Immunity From Liability
  Any physician, peace officer, attorney, or health official, or any hospital or facility official, agent, or other person employed by a private hospital or...

Last modified: October 14, 2016