These rules shall be known as the Rules and Regulations for Residential Mental Health Facilities for Children and Youth. The purposes of these rules are to emphasize the programmatic requirements necessary to meet the needs of patients in a safe, therapeutic environment, and to set forth the minimum requirements that Residential Mental Health Facilities for Children and Youth shall meet.

Authority: O.C.G.A. Secs. 31-7-1, 31-7-2, 31-7-2.1.

History. Original Rule entitled "Title and Purpose" adopted. F. July 14, 2010; eff. August 3, 2010.