§ 37-4-22 - Admission of persons to facilities for dental services - Georgia Statutes

O.C.G.A. 37-4-22 (2010)
37-4-22. Admission of persons to facilities for dental services

The regional state hospital administrator of any facility may admit for purposes of receiving dental services not otherwise available in the community any developmentally disabled person 18 years of age or older requesting dental services; any developmentally disabled person for whom such a request is made by his parents, guardian, or person standing in loco parentis; or any developmentally disabled person who has been declared legally incompetent and for whom such a request is made by his guardian. Such admission shall be for no longer than necessary to receive those dental services, including the normal time for recovery from such services, as are deemed appropriate by persons authorized to practice dentistry in this state.