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2019 Georgia Code
Title 31 - Health
Chapter 9B - Physician's Obligation in Performance of Abortions
§ 31-9B-2. Requirement to determine presence of detectable human heartbeat of unborn child
Universal Citation: GA Code § 31-9B-2 (2019)
(a) Except in the case of a medical emergency or when a pregnancy is diagnosed as medically futile, no abortion shall be performed or attempted to be performed unless the physician performing such procedure has first made a determination of the presence of a detectable human heartbeat, as such term is defined in Code Section 1-2-1, of an unborn child.
(b) In addition to any criminal or civil penalties provided by law, failure by any physician to conform to any requirement of this Code section constitutes unprofessional conduct for purposes of paragraph (7) of subsection (a) of Code Section 43-34-8 relating to medical licensing sanctions.
Code 1981, § 31-9B-2, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 575, § 3/HB 954; Ga. L. 2019, p. 711, § 10/HB 481.
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