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2020 Georgia Code
Title 24 - Evidence
Chapter 12 - Medical and Other Confidential Information
Article 2 - Confidentiality of Medical Information
§ 24-12-13. Disclosure of Medical Records - Immunity From Liability
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GA Code § 24-12-13 (2020)
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Any person, corporation, authority, or other legal entity acting in good faith shall be immune from liability for the transmission, receipt, or use of medical matter disclosed pursuant to laws requiring disclosure or pursuant to limited consent to disclosure.
(Code 1981, §24-12-13, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR.
- Admissibility of hospital chart or other hospital record, 120 A.L.R. 1124.
Evidence: public health record as subject of privilege, 136 A.L.R. 856.
Waiver of privilege as regards one physician as a waiver as to other physicians, 5 A.L.R.3d 1244.
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