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Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) Upon being presented with a psychiatric advance directive, a provider or facility shall make the directive a part of a declarant's medical record.
(b) In the absence of specific knowledge of the revocation or invalidity of a directive, a provider or facility providing mental health care to a declarant may presume that a person who executed a psychiatric advance directive in accordance with this chapter was of sound mind and acted voluntarily when executing such directive and may rely upon a psychiatric advance directive or a copy of that directive.
(c) A provider or facility shall be authorized to act in accordance with a directive when a declarant is incapable of making mental health care decisions.
(d) A provider or facility shall continue to obtain a declarant's consent to all mental health care decisions if he or she is capable of providing consent or refusal.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Georgia Code Title 37. Mental Health § 37-11-11 - last updated March 28, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ga/title-37-mental-health/ga-code-sect-37-11-11/
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