TITLE 31 - HEALTH
- CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; ACCESS TO EYE CARE
- CHAPTER 2 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
- § 31-2-1 - Legislative intent; grant of authority
- § 31-2-10 - Venue of actions against department or board
- § 31-2-11 - Actions against certain applicants or licensees
- § 31-2-12 - Standards for sewage management systems
- § 31-2-13 - (Repealed effective July 1, 2012.) Rules and regulations governing operation of land disposal sites for septic tank waste from one business
- § 31-2-14 - Records check requirement for certain facilities; definitions; use of information gathered in investigation; penalties for unauthorized release or disclosure; rules and regulations
- § 31-2-15 - Information and comparisons regarding state-wide cost and quality of health care
- § 31-2-16 - Biopharmaceuticals; expedited review for Georgia based companies
- § 31-2-17 - Diabetes coordinator; central repository for data related to prevention and treatment of diabetes
- § 31-2-17.1 - Georgia Diabetes Control Grant Program; advisory committee; administration of authorized grant programs; grant criteria
- § 31-2-18 - Director of Division of Public Health; duties; authority to convene expert panels and consult with experts
- § 31-2-19 - Advisory Council for Public Health; members; meetings
- § 31-2-2 - Definitions
- § 31-2-20 - (Repealed effective December 31, 2010.) Public Health Commission; members; purpose; authority
- § 31-2-3 - Board of Community Health reconstituted; powers, functions, and duties; terms of board members; vacancies; removal; chairperson; expenses
- § 31-2-4 - Department's powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities; divisions; directors; Office of Women's Health; contracts for health benefits
- § 31-2-5 - Transfer of personnel and functions; conforming to federal standards of personnel administration; existing procedures, regulations, and agreements; rules adoption and implementation
- § 31-2-6 - Commissioner of community health created; creation of divisions; allocation of functions
- § 31-2-7 - Department as agency of state for receipt and administration of federal and other funds
- § 31-2-8 - Studies and surveys of programs
- § 31-2-9 - Rules and regulations; variances and waivers to rules and regulations establishing licensure standards for facilities; exemption of classes of facilities from regulation
- CHAPTER 3 - COUNTY BOARDS OF HEALTH
- § 31-3-1 - Creation
- § 31-3-10 - Legal representation
- § 31-3-11 - Appointments of director and staff; supervision
- § 31-3-12 - Duties of director
- § 31-3-12.1 - Contracts between county boards; authorization for and provisions applicable to county board of health serving as community service board
- § 31-3-13 - Declaration of public policy; contracts for assistance to boards
- § 31-3-14 - Financing of expenses
- § 31-3-15 - Establishment of health districts
- § 31-3-16 - Enforcement under local ordinances
- § 31-3-2 - Composition; terms of members
- § 31-3-2.1 - Option for certain counties to create board of health and wellness by ordinance
- § 31-3-3 - Duty to inform department of membership
- § 31-3-4 - Powers
- § 31-3-5 - Functions
- § 31-3-5.1 - Conformity prerequisite to building permit
- § 31-3-5.2 - Definition of "gray water"; lawful use
- § 31-3-6 - Rules and regulations of local application
- § 31-3-7 - Compensation for members' attendance at meetings
- § 31-3-8 - Records
- § 31-3-9 - Office quarters and equipment
- CHAPTER 4 - COUNCIL ON MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH
- CHAPTER 5 - ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
- CHAPTER 5A - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
- CHAPTER 6 - STATE HEALTH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
- CHAPTER 7 - REGULATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
- ARTICLE 1 - REGULATION OF HOSPITALS AND RELATED INSTITUTIONS
- ARTICLE 2 - GEORGIA BUILDING AUTHORITY (HOSPITAL) RESERVED
- ARTICLE 3 - GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND MODERNIZATION OF MEDICAL FACILITIES
- ARTICLE 4 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITIES
- ARTICLE 5 - RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES FOR THE ELDERLY AUTHORITIES
- ARTICLE 6 - PEER REVIEW GROUPS
- ARTICLE 6A - MEDICAL REVIEW COMMITTEES
- ARTICLE 7 - HOME HEALTH AGENCIES
- ARTICLE 8 - HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDER PSYCHOLOGISTS
- ARTICLE 9 - HOSPICE CARE
- ARTICLE 10 - HOSPITAL FINANCING AUTHORITY
- ARTICLE 11 - FACILITY LICENSING AND EMPLOYEE RECORDS CHECKS
- ARTICLE 12 - HEALTH CARE DATA COLLECTION
- ARTICLE 13 - PRIVATE HOME CARE PROVIDERS
- ARTICLE 14 - NURSING HOMES EMPLOYEE RECORDS CHECKS
- ARTICLE 15 - HOSPITAL ACQUISITION
- CHAPTER 8 - CARE AND PROTECTION OF INDIGENT AND ELDERLY PATIENTS
- ARTICLE 1 - HOSPITAL CARE FOR THE INDIGENT GENERALLY
- ARTICLE 2 - HOSPITAL CARE FOR NONRESIDENT INDIGENTS
- ARTICLE 2A - HOSPITAL CARE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN
- ARTICLE 3 - LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM
- ARTICLE 4 - REPORTING ABUSE OR EXPLOITATION OF RESIDENTS IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES
- ARTICLE 5 - BILL OF RIGHTS FOR RESIDENTS OF LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES
- ARTICLE 5A - REMEDIES FOR RESIDENTS OF PERSONAL CARE HOMES
- ARTICLE 6 - INDIGENT CARE TRUST FUND
- ARTICLE 6A - NURSING HOME PROVIDER FEE
- ARTICLE 6B - QUALITY ASSESSMENT FEES ON CARE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS
- ARTICLE 6C - PROVIDER PAYMENT AGREEMENT ACT
- ARTICLE 7 - DISCLOSURE OF TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE OR ALZHEIMER'S RELATED DEMENTIA
- ARTICLE 8 - "HEALTH SHARE" VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE
- CHAPTER 9 - CONSENT FOR SURGICAL OR MEDICAL TREATMENT
- § 31-9-1 - Short title
- § 31-9-2 - Persons authorized to consent to surgical or medical treatment
- § 31-9-3 - Emergencies
- § 31-9-4 - Applicability of chapter to care and treatment of mentally ill
- § 31-9-5 - Applicability of chapter to abortion and sterilization procedures
- § 31-9-6 - Construction of chapter; requirements of valid consent
- § 31-9-6.1 - Disclosure of certain information to persons undergoing certain surgical or diagnostic procedures; failure to comply; exceptions; regulations establishing standards for implementation
- § 31-9-7 - Right of persons who are at least 18 years of age to refuse to consent to treatment
- CHAPTER 9A - WOMAN'S RIGHT TO KNOW
- § 31-9A-1 - Short title
- § 31-9A-2 - Definitions
- § 31-9A-3 - Voluntary and informed consent to abortion; availability of ultrasound
- § 31-9A-4 - Information to be made available by the Department of Community Health; format requirements; availability; requirements for website
- § 31-9A-5 - Requirements in case of medical emergency
- § 31-9A-6 - Reporting requirements
- § 31-9A-6.1 - Civil and professional penalties for violations
- § 31-9A-7 - Preservation of patient anonymity in civil proceedings
- § 31-9A-8 - Severability
- CHAPTER 10 - VITAL RECORDS
- § 31-10-1 - Definitions
- § 31-10-10 - Registration of live born infants of unknown parentage
- § 31-10-11 - Registration of delayed certificate of birth
- § 31-10-12 - Judicial procedure to establish facts of birth
- § 31-10-13 - Certificates of adoption
- § 31-10-13.1 - Certified copies of orders and registration of legitimations and paternity orders
- § 31-10-13.2 - Provision of copies of legitimation and paternity orders to state registrar
- § 31-10-14 - Issuance of new certificate of birth following adoption and legitimation or paternity determination
- § 31-10-15 - Death certificate; filing; medical certification; forwarding death certificate to decedent's county of residence; purging voter registration list
- § 31-10-16 - Criteria for determining death; immunity from liability
- § 31-10-17 - State registration of death certificates; certified copies; certificates of record
- § 31-10-18 - Registration of spontaneous fetal deaths
- § 31-10-19 - Reporting of induced termination of pregnancy
- § 31-10-2 - Maintenance and operation of vital records registration system
- § 31-10-20 - Permits for disposition, disinterment, and reinterment
- § 31-10-21 - Record of marriage licenses
- § 31-10-22 - Record of divorces, dissolutions, and annulments
- § 31-10-23 - Amendment of certificates or reports
- § 31-10-24 - Preservation or disposition of vital records; certified reproductions; preserved originals and authorized reproductions as property of department
- § 31-10-25 - Disclosure of information contained in vital records; transfer of records to State Archives
- § 31-10-26 - Certified copies of vital records; issuance; evidentiary effect; use for statistical purposes; transmittal of records out of state; use for commercial or speculative purposes
- § 31-10-27 - Fees for copies or services
- § 31-10-28 - Institutions to keep vital records
- § 31-10-29 - Privileged nature of disclosures; notification of local registrar of institutional deaths and fetal deaths; notification of board of voting registrars of adult deaths
- § 31-10-3 - Rules and regulations
- § 31-10-30 - Posting facts of death to birth certificates
- § 31-10-31 - Penalties
- § 31-10-32 - Extension of periods for filing of certificates or reports
- § 31-10-33 - Procedure for stillbirth
- § 31-10-4 - Appointment of state registrar of vital records
- § 31-10-5 - Duties and powers of state registrar; delegation of functions and duties
- § 31-10-6 - Local registrars, local custodians, special abstracting agents, and deputies; appointment; duties
- § 31-10-7 - Form of certificates and reports; date received for registration required; filing or registration of information by photographic, electronic, or other means
- § 31-10-8 - Certification to county treasurers of birth and death certificates and spontaneous fetal death reports filed; fees
- § 31-10-9 - Registration of births
- § 31-10-9.1 - Social security account information of parents
- CHAPTER 11 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
- CHAPTER 12 - CONTROL OF HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS, PREVENTABLE DISEASES, AND METABOLIC DISORDERS
- § 31-12-1 - Power to conduct research and studies
- § 31-12-1.1 - "Bioterrorism" and "public health emergency" defined
- § 31-12-10 - Right of entry to facility
- § 31-12-11 - Abating operation of bathhouses
- § 31-12-12 - Restrictions on sale or dispensing of contact lenses; responsibilities relating to prescriptions; criminal violation; enforcement
- § 31-12-13 - Definitions concerning bloodborne pathogens; standards; funds for research and development
- § 31-12-14 - Cancer research program fund; contributions; accounting
- § 31-12-2 - Reporting disease; confidentiality; reporting required of pharmacists; immunity from liability as to information supplied; notification of potential bioterrorism
- § 31-12-2.1 - Investigation of potential bioterrorism activity; regulations and planning for public health emergencies
- § 31-12-3 - Power to require immunization and other preventive measures
- § 31-12-3.1 - Vaccination registry; reporting requirements, maintenance, and use
- § 31-12-3.2 - Meningococcal disease; vaccinations; disclosures
- § 31-12-4 - Isolation and segregation of diseased persons; quarantine
- § 31-12-4.1 - Smallpox vaccination and treatment program
- § 31-12-5 - State-wide network for medical genetics services
- § 31-12-6 - System for prevention of serious illness, severe physical or developmental disability, and death resulting from inherited metabolic and genetic disorders
- § 31-12-7 - Rules and regulations regarding tests for sickle cell anemia, sickle cell trait, and other metabolic and genetic disorders; counseling; fees
- § 31-12-8 - Occupational health and safety
- § 31-12-9 - Importation, sale, and breeding of animals and birds to be kept as pets
- CHAPTER 12A - SMOKEFREE AIR
- § 31-12A-1 - Short title
- § 31-12A-10 - Enforcement by the Department of Community Health and county boards of health
- § 31-12A-11 - Local operating procedures
- § 31-12A-12 - Other laws, rules, regulations, and ordinances not prohibited
- § 31-12A-13 - Construction
- § 31-12A-2 - Definitions
- § 31-12A-3 - Smoking prohibited in state and local government buildings
- § 31-12A-4 - Smoking prohibited in enclosed public places
- § 31-12A-5 - Smoking prohibited in enclosed areas within places of employment; required communications
- § 31-12A-6 - Exemptions
- § 31-12A-7 - Smoking prohibited in designated nonsmoking places
- § 31-12A-8 - "No Smoking" signs; ashtrays prohibited in nonsmoking areas
- § 31-12A-9 - Public education program
- CHAPTER 13 - RADIATION CONTROL
- § 31-13-1 - Short title
- § 31-13-10 - Suspension, revocation, and amendment of license or registration; emergency orders; review
- § 31-13-11 - Impounding and condemnation of radiation generating equipment and radioactive materials
- § 31-13-12 - License required
- § 31-13-13 - Penalties
- § 31-13-14 - Inspections and investigations
- § 31-13-15 - Investigation of apparent violations; initiation of legal proceedings
- § 31-13-16 - Authorization to remedy violation by conference, conciliation, or persuasion; order to undertake corrective action
- § 31-13-17 - Declaration of existence of emergency
- § 31-13-18 - Hearing on order or notice of action
- § 31-13-19 - Judicial review
- § 31-13-2 - Declaration of policy
- § 31-13-20 - Filing certified copy of unappealed final order or affirmed order
- § 31-13-21 - Temporary or permanent injunction; restraining order
- § 31-13-22 - Representation of director in actions
- § 31-13-23 - Transfer of powers and duties between Department of Natural Resources and Department of Community Health
- § 31-13-24 - Effect on proceedings commenced before April 4, 1990; continuation of federal aid to agency receiving transfer of functions
- § 31-13-25 - Rules, regulations, agreements, and contracts formerly under Department of Human Resources (now known as the Department of Community Health for these purposes)
- § 31-13-3 - Definitions
- § 31-13-4 - Administration of state-wide radiation control program for radiation generating equipment
- § 31-13-4.1 - Administration of state-wide radiation control program for radioactive materials
- § 31-13-5 - Powers and duties of Department of Community Health and Department of Natural Resources; enforcement of chapter through inspection; training programs
- § 31-13-6 - Bonding licensees
- § 31-13-7 - Permits for disposal of radioactive waste; bonding of permittees
- § 31-13-8 - Licensing users of by-product, source, and special nuclear materials as sources of ionizing radiation
- § 31-13-8.1 - General or specific licensing for use, manufacture, transport, transactions in, and possession of radioactive material
- § 31-13-8.2 - Licensing of diagnostic and therapeutic medical uses of radioactive materials
- § 31-13-9 - Records of use of radiation sources and exposure of employees to radiation
- CHAPTER 14 - HOSPITALIZATION FOR TUBERCULOSIS
- § 31-14-1 - "Active tuberculosis" defined; declaration of policy
- § 31-14-10 - Enforcement of rules and regulations by county boards of health
- § 31-14-11 - Unauthorized leave of committed person from hospital or facility
- § 31-14-12 - Applicability of commitment provisions to persons who obey rules and regulations of department
- § 31-14-13 - Order directing compliance with plan of evaluation or outpatient treatment; contempt
- § 31-14-14 - Immunity from liability
- § 31-14-2 - Petition for commitment
- § 31-14-3 - Hearing on petition; notice; physical examination; court costs; attorney's fee; conduct of hearing
- § 31-14-4 - Service of copy of petition and order; penalty for failure to comply
- § 31-14-5 - Circumstances allowing custody pending hearing
- § 31-14-6 - Report of persons making examination; service of copies
- § 31-14-7 - Results of hearing; commitment to hospital or facility; dismissal of petition and release from custody; costs of transportation; review of commitment order
- § 31-14-8 - Period of confinement of patients committed under chapter
- § 31-14-8.1 - Continuation of confinement of patient; report required; hearing
- § 31-14-8.2 - Appeal from orders of superior court or hearing examiner; costs; right to counsel
- § 31-14-9 - Procedure for securing discharge; petition for habeas corpus
- CHAPTER 15 - CARE AND TREATMENT OF CANCER PATIENTS
- CHAPTER 15A - BONE MASS MEASUREMENT COVERAGE
- CHAPTER 16 - CARE AND TREATMENT OF CHRONIC RENAL DISEASE PATIENTS
- § 31-16-1 - Findings; declaration of purpose
- § 31-16-2 - Establishment of program
- § 31-16-3 - Functions of the Kidney Disease Advisory Committee; membership; terms of office; vacancies; compensation and reimbursement of expenses
- § 31-16-4 - Staff
- § 31-16-5 - Duties of commissioner
- § 31-16-6 - Right to benefits under other programs
- § 31-16-7 - Reuse of kidney dialyzer; limitation; authority; failure to comply
- § 31-16-8 - Task force on kidney dialysis centers; establishment; membership; meetings; report; abolition
- CHAPTER 17 - CONTROL OF VENEREAL DISEASE
- § 31-17-1 - Enumeration of diseases deemed dangerous to public health
- § 31-17-2 - Report of diagnosis or treatment to health authorities
- § 31-17-3 - Examination and treatment by health authorities
- § 31-17-4 - Serologic tests of pregnant women
- § 31-17-4.1 - Chlamydia screening test
- § 31-17-4.2 - HIV Pregnancy Screening
- § 31-17-5 - Prophylactic treatment at childbirth
- § 31-17-6 - Regulation of laboratories
- § 31-17-7 - Consent of minor to medical or surgical care or services; informing spouse, parent, custodian, or guardian
- § 31-17-8 - Penalty
- CHAPTER 17A - CONTROL OF HIV
- CHAPTER 18 - REGISTRY FOR TRAUMATIC BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD INJURIES
- CHAPTER 19 - CONTROL OF RABIES
- § 31-19-1 - Responsibility for control
- § 31-19-10 - Penalty
- § 31-19-2 - Powers of department in infected area
- § 31-19-3 - Licensing and regulation of animals by local authorities
- § 31-19-4 - Duty of notification
- § 31-19-5 - Inoculation of canines and felines against rabies
- § 31-19-6 - Certificates of inoculation; tags
- § 31-19-7 - County rabies control officer
- § 31-19-8 - Joint administration of chapter by adjoining counties
- § 31-19-9 - Applicability to municipalities with rabies control laws
- CHAPTER 20 - PERFORMANCE OF STERILIZATION PROCEDURES
- § 31-20-1 - Definitions
- § 31-20-2 - Performance of sterilization procedure upon request
- § 31-20-3 - Sterilization of mentally incompetent persons
- § 31-20-4 - Restriction on performance of sterilization procedure
- § 31-20-5 - Civil and criminal liability; compliance where other medical treatment may result in sterilization
- § 31-20-6 - Exemptions from requirements of chapter
- CHAPTER 21 - DEAD BODIES
- CHAPTER 22 - CLINICAL LABORATORIES
- § 31-22-1 - Definitions
- § 31-22-10 - Effect of this chapter on Chapter 23 of this title and Article 6 of Chapter 5 of Title 44
- § 31-22-11 - Effect of this chapter on Chapter 34 of Title 43
- § 31-22-12 - Injunction of operation of unlicensed clinical laboratories
- § 31-22-13 - Penalty
- § 31-22-2 - Licenses
- § 31-22-3 - Clinical Laboratory, Blood Bank, and Tissue Bank Committee
- § 31-22-4 - Examination of human specimens
- § 31-22-5 - Methods for selection of blood donors and collection, storage, and processing of human blood
- § 31-22-6 - Powers of board to promulgate rules and regulations, establish and enforce standards
- § 31-22-7 - Reports to department
- § 31-22-8 - Inspections; evaluation program
- § 31-22-9 - Applicability of chapter
- § 31-22-9.1 - HIV tests -- Who may perform test
- § 31-22-9.2 - HIV tests -- Report of positive results; counseling; violations; exception for insurance coverage; exposure of health care provider
- CHAPTER 23 - EYE BANKS
- § 31-23-1 - Definitions
- § 31-23-2 - Effect on eye donations of the "Georgia Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act."
- § 31-23-3 - Hospitals or medical schools which may operate eye banks; right of eye banks to receive gifts, donations, and bequests
- § 31-23-4 - Powers of department
- § 31-23-5 - Persons authorized to extract eyes; compensation therefor; liability of persons operating eye banks or having custody or control of donor's body
- § 31-23-6 - Removal of eye or corneal tissue
- § 31-23-7 - Liability of donor or donor's estate
- § 31-23-8 - Effect of chapter upon existing methods of treatment or instruction
- § 31-23-9 - Penalty
- CHAPTER 24 - BLOOD LABELING
- § 31-24-1 - Short title
- § 31-24-2 - Definitions
- § 31-24-3 - Requirement of qualification of blood donors
- § 31-24-4 - Labeling of containers of blood
- § 31-24-5 - Transfusion of unlabeled blood; identification of blood administered by transfusion
- § 31-24-6 - Transfer of blood and blood components for industrial use
- § 31-24-7 - Administration of chapter
- § 31-24-8 - Penalty
- CHAPTER 25 - ARTICLES OF BEDDING
- CHAPTER 26 - PRACTICE OF MIDWIFERY
- § 31-26-1 - Definitions
- § 31-26-2 - Requirement of certificate; application; educational requirements; issuance, suspension, and revocation
- § 31-26-3 - Rules and regulations
- § 31-26-4 - Conduct prohibited of certificate holders
- § 31-26-5 - Attendance at other than normal childbirth; prohibited procedures; conduct in event of complications
- § 31-26-6 - Enforcement
- § 31-26-7 - Injunctive relief of violations
- CHAPTER 27 - CONTROL OF MASS GATHERINGS
- § 31-27-1 - Definitions
- § 31-27-10 - Applicability of chapter
- § 31-27-11 - Civil penalty
- § 31-27-12 - Criminal penalty
- § 31-27-2 - Permit requirement
- § 31-27-3 - Application for permit
- § 31-27-4 - Additional requirements for issuance of permit; denial, suspension, or revocation
- § 31-27-5 - Bond requirement; cash deposit in lieu of bond
- § 31-27-6 - Assessment for persons in attendance beyond number specified
- § 31-27-7 - Emergency powers of Governor; authority of director of Civil Defense Division
- § 31-27-8 - Recovery by state for costs and damages
- § 31-27-9 - Rules and regulations
- CHAPTER 28 - TOURIST COURTS
- CHAPTER 29 - COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS WHO CONTRACT TUBERCULOSIS OR INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS
- § 31-29-1 - Amount of compensation
- § 31-29-2 - Physical examination required for compensation under Code Section 31-29-1
- § 31-29-3 - Periodic physical examinations of persons receiving compensation
- § 31-29-4 - Effect of retirement under Chapter 2 of Title 47
- § 31-29-5 - Contributions to retirement system where employee does not retire
- § 31-29-6 - Rights of employees under State Personnel Administration
- § 31-29-7 - Rules and regulations of employing authority; exclusion from right to compensation of employees not subject to exposure
- § 31-29-8 - Specific inclusion of employees of certain institutions
- CHAPTER 30 - REPORTS ON VETERANS EXPOSED TO AGENT ORANGE
- § 31-30-1 - (For effective date, see note.) Definitions
- § 31-30-2 - (For effective date, see note.) Submission of report to department
- § 31-30-3 - (For effective date, see note.) Report by department of information submitted under chapter; conduct of epidemiological studies by department
- § 31-30-4 - (For effective date, see note.) Disclosure of identity of subject of report; statistics as public information
- § 31-30-5 - (For effective date, see note.) Immunity of physician or hospital providing required information
- § 31-30-6 - (For effective date, see note) Actions for release of information and individual medical records
- § 31-30-7 - (For effective date, see note.) Referral of veterans for medical and financial assistance; screening services to ascertain physical damage from exposure
- § 31-30-8 - (For effective date, see note.) Discontinuance of referral and screening programs performed by federal government
- § 31-30-9 - (For effective date, see note.) When chapter effective
- CHAPTER 31 - BOXING MATCH LICENSES
- CHAPTER 32 - ADVANCE DIRECTIVES FOR HEALTH CARE
- § 31-32-1 - Short title
- § 31-32-10 - Immunity from liability or disciplinary action
- § 31-32-11 - Advance directive for health care's relationship to criminal and insurance laws
- § 31-32-12 - Restriction on requiring and preparing advance directives for health care
- § 31-32-13 - Penalties and legal sanctions for violations
- § 31-32-14 - Effect of chapter on other legal rights and duties
- § 31-32-2 - Definitions
- § 31-32-3 - Savings clause for existing living wills and durable powers of attorney for health care
- § 31-32-4 - Form
- § 31-32-5 - Execution; use of form or other forms; witnesses; copies; amendment
- § 31-32-6 - Revocation; declarant's marriage or appointment of a guardian
- § 31-32-7 - Duties and responsibilities of health care agents
- § 31-32-8 - Duties and responsibilities of health care providers
- § 31-32-9 - Conditions precedent to carrying out health care treatment preferences; physician's failure to comply with treatment preferences
- CHAPTER 33 - HEALTH RECORDS
- § 31-33-1 - Definitions
- § 31-33-2 - Furnishing copy of records to patient, provider, or other authorized person
- § 31-33-3 - Costs of copying and mailing; patient's rights as to records
- § 31-33-4 - Mental health records
- § 31-33-5 - Immunity from liability for releasing information
- § 31-33-6 - Confidential communications
- § 31-33-7 - Furnishing copies of psychological or psychiatric evaluation to law enforcement officer upon request
- § 31-33-8 - Electronic records; application to psychiatric, psychological, or other mental health records
- CHAPTER 34 - PHYSICIANS FOR RURAL AREAS ASSISTANCE
- § 31-34-1 - Short title
- § 31-34-2 - Purpose and intent of chapter
- § 31-34-3 - Administration by State Medical Education Board
- § 31-34-4 - Loan applicant qualifications; rules and regulations
- § 31-34-4.1 - Grants to hospitals and other entities; use of funds; rules and regulations authorized
- § 31-34-5 - Service cancelable loan; amount; repayment; determination of physician underserved rural areas
- § 31-34-6 - Contract between applicant and state agreeing to terms and conditions of loan; breach of contract; service cancelable contracts
- § 31-34-7 - Cancellation of contract
- § 31-34-8 - Funding
- § 31-34-9 - Biennial report to General Assembly
- CHAPTER 35 - VACCINATIONS FOR FIREFIGHTERS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS, AND PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS
- CHAPTER 36 - DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE
- CHAPTER 36A - TEMPORARY HEALTH CARE PLACEMENT DECISION MAKER FOR AN ADULT
- § 31-36A-1 - Short title
- § 31-36A-2 - Legislative finding
- § 31-36A-3 - Definitions
- § 31-36A-4 - Construction of chapter in relation to Title 37
- § 31-36A-5 - Certification by physician
- § 31-36A-6 - Persons authorized to consent; expiration of authorization; limitations on authority to consent; effect on other laws; immunity from liability or disciplinary action
- § 31-36A-7 - Petition for order by health care facility; issuance, expiration, and limited authorization of order; effect on other laws; immunity from liability or disciplinary action
- CHAPTER 37 - HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL
- CHAPTER 38 - TANNING FACILITIES
- § 31-38-1 - Definitions
- § 31-38-10 - Private right of action authorized
- § 31-38-11 - Variance permitted
- § 31-38-12 - Effect of chapter on administrator; administrator's immunity from liability
- § 31-38-2 - Exemptions from applicability of chapter
- § 31-38-3 - Construction, operation, and maintenance requirements
- § 31-38-4 - Warning sign to be posted; contents of warning sign
- § 31-38-4.1 - Regulation of tanning facilities
- § 31-38-5 - Compliance with federal regulations and national electrical code; physical barriers required
- § 31-38-6 - Stand-up tanning booth requirements
- § 31-38-7 - Protective goggles requirement
- § 31-38-8 - Written report of injury requirement; use of equipment by minors restricted; equipment maintenance requirements; restriction on promoting and advertising certain health-related claims
- § 31-38-9 - Noncompliance with chapter
- CHAPTER 39 - CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION
- § 31-39-1 - Legislative findings and intent
- § 31-39-2 - Definitions
- § 31-39-3 - Patient presumed to consent to administration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation; patient's order not to resuscitate; health care facilities not required to expand to provide cardiopulmona
- § 31-39-4 - Persons authorized to issue order not to resuscitate
- § 31-39-5 - Cancellation of order not to resuscitate
- § 31-39-6 - Revocation of consent to order not to resuscitate
- § 31-39-6.1 - Form of order not to resuscitate; bracelet or necklace; revocation or cancellation of order
- § 31-39-7 - Liability of persons carrying out in good faith decisions regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation; notification of next of kin or authorized person of patient by physician refusing to co
- § 31-39-8 - Effect of order not to resuscitate on life insurance policies
- § 31-39-9 - Effect of chapter on legal rights and responsibilities; right of court to approve order not to resuscitate
- CHAPTER 40 - TATTOO STUDIOS
- § 31-40-1 - Definitions
- § 31-40-10 - Criminal law not repealed
- § 31-40-2 - Issuance of permits
- § 31-40-3 - Denial, suspension, and revocation of permit
- § 31-40-4 - Administrative review of order of county board of health
- § 31-40-5 - Rules and regulations
- § 31-40-6 - Enforcement of chapter; inspection of premises
- § 31-40-7 - Criminal penalty
- § 31-40-8 - Public education program
- § 31-40-9 - Enactment of more stringent laws
- CHAPTER 41 - LEAD POISONING PREVENTION
- CHAPTER 42 - OSTEOPOROSIS PREVENTION AND TREATMENT EDUCATION
- CHAPTER 43 - COMMISSION ON MEN'S HEALTH
- § 31-43-1 - Definition
- § 31-43-10 - Meetings; implementation of policies
- § 31-43-11 - Annual written report
- § 31-43-12 - Duties and responsibilities
- § 31-43-13 - Solicitation of donations
- § 31-43-2 - Findings of General Assembly
- § 31-43-3 - Creation of commission
- § 31-43-4 - Members of commission
- § 31-43-5 - Appointments to commission
- § 31-43-6 - Lobbyists excluded as members; removal of members; validity of actions; notification when grounds for removal exists
- § 31-43-7 - Terms of members; vacancies
- § 31-43-8 - Election of presiding officer; presiding officer's power of appointment
- § 31-43-9 - Compensation
- CHAPTER 44 - RENAL DISEASE FACILITIES
- § 31-44-1 - Definitions
- § 31-44-10 - Inspections
- § 31-44-11 - Authority of department to deal with violations of this chapter or rules adopted thereunder
- § 31-44-12 - Deposit of collected penalties
- § 31-44-13 - Temporary management of facilities
- § 31-44-14 - Action to enjoin operation of facility
- § 31-44-15 - Fee of temporary manager
- § 31-44-2 - Fees
- § 31-44-3 - Adoption of rules; council established; terms of councilmembers
- § 31-44-4 - License required
- § 31-44-5 - Exceptions to licensing requirement
- § 31-44-6 - Application for license; fee; evidence of qualified staff; temporary provisional license; issuance of license; renewability of license
- § 31-44-7 - Minimum standards of rules
- § 31-44-8 - Qualifications of employees
- § 31-44-9 - Minimum standards for curricula, instructors, and training
- CHAPTER 45 - PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS
- § 31-45-1 - Short title
- § 31-45-10 - Rules and regulations
- § 31-45-11 - Enforcement of rules and regulations
- § 31-45-12 - Inspection of unregulated pools
- § 31-45-13 - Applicability of chapter
- § 31-45-2 - Purpose
- § 31-45-3 - Definitions
- § 31-45-4 - Issuance of permits; terms of expiration
- § 31-45-5 - Operation permit required for each public swimming pool
- § 31-45-6 - Construction of public swimming pools
- § 31-45-7 - Notification for inspection
- § 31-45-8 - Inspections by the county board of health
- § 31-45-9 - Suspension or revocation of permit
- CHAPTER 46 - NEWBORN UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD BANK
- § 31-46-1 - Legislative findings
- § 31-46-2 - Definitions
- § 31-46-3 - Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Bank for postnatal tissue and fluid; creation; donations and information concerning donations
- § 31-46-4 - Georgia Commission for Saving the Cure; creation; membership; appointment; terms of office; duties
- § 31-46-5 - Funding; requirements of federal law
- CHAPTER 47 - ARTHRITIS PREVENTION AND CONTROL PROGRAM