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§ 37-4-101 - Clients' right to legal counsel

O.C.G.A. 37-4-101 (2010)
37-4-101. Clients' right to legal counsel


It shall be the responsibility of the department to see that every client is given the opportunity to secure legal counsel at his own expense to represent him in connection with private, personal, domestic, business, civil, criminal, and all other legal matters in which he may be involved during habilitation in a facility.