Georgia Code, Title 37, Chapter 1, Article 2 - Powers and Duties of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities

• § 37-1-20 - Obligations of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
  The department shall: (1) Establish, administer, and supervise the state programs for mental health, developmental disabilities, and addictive diseases; (2) Direct, supervise, and control...
• § 37-1-21 - Institutional Powers and Duties
  (a) The department is designated and empowered as the agency of this state responsible for supervision and administrative control of: state facilities for the...
• § 37-1-22 - Redesignated
  Reserved.
• § 37-1-23 - Rules of Practice and Procedure; Availability
  The board is directed to prescribe rules of practice and procedure in order to implement this chapter. The department is directed to make the...
• § 37-1-24 - Use of Psychologist or Physician in Lieu of One Another
  No provision in this title shall require the department or any facility or private facility or any community service board to utilize a physician...
• § 37-1-25 - Purchase of Real Property Authorized
  The department is authorized to purchase land or lands adjacent to or near lands now under the control of the department where, in the...
• § 37-1-26 - Sale of Surplus Products
  (a) The department shall sell, to the best advantage, all surplus products of the Central State Hospital or other institutions under the control and...
• § 37-1-27 - Legislative Findings; Suicide Prevention Program; Implementation
  (a) The General Assembly makes the following findings: (1) Every year in Georgia, approximately 850 people die from suicide; (2) More Georgians die from...
• § 37-1-28 - Conviction Data
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "conviction data" means a record of a finding or verdict of guilty or a plea...
• § 37-1-29 - Crisis Stabilization Unit Defined; Certification of Units; Minimum Standards and Requirements; Designation As an Emergency Receiving Facility; Legislative Intent
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "crisis stabilization unit" means a short-term residential program operated for the purpose of providing psychiatric...

Last modified: October 14, 2016