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2015 Georgia Code
Title 31 - HEALTH
Chapter 8 - CARE AND PROTECTION OF INDIGENT AND ELDERLY PATIENTS
Article 1 - HOSPITAL CARE FOR THE INDIGENT GENERALLY
§ 31-8-7 - Qualifications for assistance under program; waiver of residence requirements in emergencies
GA Code § 31-8-7 (2015) What's This?
In order to qualify for assistance under this program, a person must be an indigent resident of this state and must be a person for whom hospital care is not available under any other program. The six-months' residency requirement may be waived if a physician certifies that the illness or injury constitutes an emergency which requires immediate hospital care.
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