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2019 Georgia Code
Title 31 - Health
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 31-1-10. State health officer; duties

Universal Citation:
GA Code § 31-1-10 (2019)
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  • (a) The position of state health officer is created. The Governor may appoint the commissioner of public health to serve simultaneously as the state health officer or may appoint another individual to serve as state health officer. Such officer shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. An individual appointed to serve as state health officer shall be licensed to practice medicine in this state.

  • (b) The state health officer shall:

    • (1) Perform such health emergency preparedness and response duties as assigned by the Governor; and

    • (2) Be authorized to issue a standing order prescribing an opioid antagonist, as such term is defined in Code Section 26-4-116.2, on a state-wide basis under conditions that he or she determines to be in the best interest of this state.

History:

Code 1981, § 31-1-10, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-3/HB 228; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 3-6/HB 214; Ga. L. 2017, p. 22, § 5/SB 121; Ga. L. 2017, p. 319, § 3-2/HB 249.

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