2020 Georgia Code
Title 31 - Health

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Chapter 1 - General Provisions [31-1-1 through 31-1-40]
Chapter 2 - Department of Community Health [31-2-1 through 31-2-20]
Chapter 2A - Department of Public Health [31-2A-1 through 31-2A-57]
Chapter 3 - County Boards of Health [31-3-1 through 31-3-16]
Chapter 4 - Council on Maternal and Infant Health [31-4-1 through 31-4-3.] [Repealed]
Chapter 5 - Administration and Enforcement [31-5-1 through 31-5-24]
Chapter 5A - Department of Community Health [31-5A-1 through 31-5A-8.] [Redesignated]
Chapter 6 - State Health Planning and Development [31-6-1 through 31-6-95]
Chapter 7 - Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities [31-7-1 through 31-7-412]
Chapter 8 - Care and Protection of Indigent and Elderly Patients [31-8-1 through 31-8-304]
Chapter 9 - Consent for Surgical or Medical Treatment [31-9-1 through 31-9-7]
Chapter 9A - Woman's Right to Know [31-9A-1 through 31-9A-8]
Chapter 9B - Physician's Obligation in Performance of Abortions [31-9B-1 through 31-9B-3]
Chapter 10 - Vital Records [31-10-1 through 31-10-33]
Chapter 11 - Emergency Medical Services [31-11-1 through 31-11-139]
Chapter 12 - Control of Hazardous Conditions, Preventable Diseases, and Metabolic Disorders [31-12-1 through 31-12-14]
Chapter 12A - Smoke-Free Air [31-12A-1 through 31-12A-13]
Chapter 13 - Radiation Control [31-13-1 through 31-13-25]
Chapter 14 - Hospitalization for Tuberculosis [31-14-1 through 31-14-14]
Chapter 15 - Care and Treatment of Cancer Patients [31-15-1 through 31-15-6]
Chapter 15A - Bone Mass Measurement Coverage [31-15A-1 through 31-15A-3]
Chapter 16 - Kidney Dialysis [31-16-1 through 31-16-8]
Chapter 17 - Control of Sexually Transmitted Disease [31-17-1 through 31-17-8]
Chapter 17A - Control of Hiv [31-17A-1 through 31-17A-4]
Chapter 18 - Registry for Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries [31-18-1 through 31-18-4]
Chapter 19 - Control of Rabies [31-19-1 through 31-19-10]
Chapter 20 - Performance of Sterilization Procedures [31-20-1 through 31-20-6]
Chapter 21 - Dead Bodies [31-21-1 through 31-21-45]
Chapter 22 - Clinical Laboratories [31-22-1 through 31-22-13]
Chapter 23 - Eye Banks [31-23-1 through 31-23-9]
Chapter 24 - Blood Labeling [31-24-1 through 31-24-8]
Chapter 25 - Articles of Bedding [31-25-1 through 31-25-13.] [Repealed]
Chapter 26 - Practice of Midwifery [31-26-1 through 31-26-7]
Chapter 27 - Control of Mass Gatherings [31-27-1 through 31-27-12]
Chapter 28 - Tourist Courts [31-28-1 through 31-28-7]
Chapter 29 - Compensation of Employees of State Institutions Who Contract Tuberculosis or Infectious Hepatitis [31-29-1 through 31-29-8]
Chapter 30 - Reports on Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange [31-30-1 through 31-30-9]
Chapter 31 - Boxing Match Licenses [31-31-1 through 31-31-6.] [Repealed]
Chapter 32 - Advance Directives for Health Care [31-32-1 through 31-32-14]
Chapter 33 - Health Records [31-33-1 through 31-33-8]
Chapter 34 - Medical Professionals for Rural Assistance [31-34-1 through 31-34-20]
Chapter 35 - Vaccinations for Firefighters, Emergency Medical Technicians, and Public Safety Officers [31-35-1 through 31-35-11]
Chapter 36 - Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care [31-36-1 through 31-36-13.] [Repealed]
Chapter 36A - Temporary Health Care Placement Decision Maker for an Adult [31-36A-1 through 31-36A-7]
Chapter 37 - Health Care Personnel [31-37-1 through 31-37-3.] [Repealed]
Chapter 38 - Tanning Facilities [31-38-1 through 31-38-12]
Chapter 39 - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation [31-39-1 through 31-39-9]
Chapter 40 - Body Art Studios [31-40-1 through 31-40-10]
Chapter 41 - Lead Poisoning Prevention [31-41-1 through 31-41-19]
Chapter 42 - Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Education [31-42-1 through 31-42-3]
Chapter 43 - Commission on Men's Health [31-43-1 through 31-43-13.] [Repealed]
Chapter 44 - Renal Disease Facilities [31-44-1 through 31-44-15]
Chapter 45 - Public Swimming Pools [31-45-1 through 31-45-13]
Chapter 46 - Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Bank [31-46-1 through 31-46-5]
Chapter 47 - Arthritis Prevention and Control Program [31-47-1 through 31-47-3]
Chapter 48 - Health Care Compact [31-48-1]
Chapter 49 - Georgia Council on Lupus Education and Awareness [31-49-1 through 31-49-6]
Chapter 50 - Commission on Medical Cannabis [31-50-1 through 31-50-5.] [Repealed]
Chapter 51 - Creation of Low Thc Oil Research Program [31-51-1 through 31-51-10]
Chapter 52 - Terminally Ill Patient's Right to Try Investigational Drugs, Biological Products, and Devices [31-52-1 through 31-52-10]
Chapter 53 - Office of Health Strategy and Coordination [31-53-1 through 31-53-23]

Cross references.

- COVID-19 Pandemic Business Safety, see T. 51, C. 16.

Law reviews.

- For article, "The Aftermath of Baby Doe and the Evolution of Newborn Intensive Care," see 25 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 835 (2009). For article, "The Problem of Non-Identity in Valuing Newborn Human Life," see 25 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 865 (2009). For article, "Baby Doe: Does It Really Apply Now? Palliative Care of the Ill Neonate," see 25 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 901 (2009). For article, "Why the Capta's Baby Doe Rules Should Be Rejected in Favor of the Best Interests Standard," see 25 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 909 (2009). For article, "Personal Reflections on Extremely Premature Newborns: Vitalism, Treatment Decisions, and Ethical Permissibility," see 25 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 931 (2009). For article, "Medical Futility," see 25 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 985 (2009). For article, "The Baby Doe Regulations and Tragic Choices at the Bedside: Accepting the Limits of 'Good Process'," see 25 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 1019 (2009). For article, "Rescuing Baby Doe," see 25 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 1043 (2009). For article, "Playing God with Baby Doe: Quality of Life and Unpredictable Life Standards at the Start of Life," see 25 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 1061 (2009). For article, "Baby Doe and Beyond: Examining the Practical and Philosophical Influences Impacting Medical Decision-Making on Behalf of Marginally-Viable Newborns," see 25 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 1097 (2009). For article, "What Is (And Isn't) Healthism," see 50 Ga. L. Rev. 833 (2016). For article, "Tackling the Social Determinants of Health: A Central for Providers," see 33 Georgia St. U. L. Rev. 217 (2017). For note, "Baby Doe at Twenty-Five," see 25 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 801 (2009). For note, "Phase Six Pandemic: A Call to Re-Evaluate Federal Quarantine Authority Before the Next Catastrophic Outbreak," see 44 Ga. L. Rev. 803 (2010). For comment, "How Will I Know? An Auditing Privilege and Health Care Compliance," see 65 Emory L.J. 1139 (2016).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Tuck v. State, 122 Ga. App. 649, 178 S.E.2d 305 (1970); Montega Corp. v. Grooms, 128 Ga. App. 333, 196 S.E.2d 459 (1973).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Application of Clayton Act to mergers and acquisitions of hospitals and healthcare ssystems (15 U.S.C.A. §§ 12 to 27), 13 A.L.R. Fed. 3d 7.

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2020 Georgia CodeTitle 31 - Health

2020 Georgia Code
Title 31 - Health