Georgia § 31-36A-3 - Definitions.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 31-36A-3 — Definitions., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 31-36A-3. Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the term: "Absence of a person authorized to consent" means that: After diligent efforts for a reasonable period of time, no person authorized to consent under the provisions of Code Section 31-36A-6 has been located; or All such authorized persons located have affirmatively waived their authority to consent or dissent to admission to or discharge from a health care facility or placement or transfer to an alternative health care facility or placement, provided that dissent by an authorized person to a proposed admission, discharge, or transfer shall not be deemed waiver of authority. "Unable to consent" means that an adult is unable to: Make rational and competent decisions regarding his or her placement options for health or personal care; or Communicate such decisions by any means. (Code 1981, § 31-36A-3 , enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 485, § 5.)
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