2021 Georgia Code
Title 31 - Health
Chapter 9 - Consent for Surgical or Medical Treatment
- § 31-9-1. Short Title
- § 31-9-2. Persons Authorized to Consent to Surgical or Medical Treatment
- § 31-9-3. Emergencies
- § 31-9-4. Applicability of Chapter to Care and Treatment of Mentally Ill
- § 31-9-5. Applicability of Chapter to Abortion and Sterilization Procedures
- § 31-9-6. Construction of Chapter; Requirements of Valid Consent
- § 31-9-6.1. Disclosure of Certain Information to Persons Undergoing Certain Surgical or Diagnostic Procedures; Failure to Comply; Exceptions; Regulations Establishing Standards for Implementation
- § 31-9-7. Right of Persons Who Are at Least 18 Years of Age to Refuse to Consent to Treatment
- Adult's reliance on prayer or religious nonmedical means of treatment of dependent, § 15-11-107.
Administrative Rules and Regulations.- Professional services, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Department of Community Health, Healthcare Facility Regulation, § 111-8-4-.09.
Informed consent, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Composite Medical Board, Chapter 360-14.
Law reviews.- For article, "Informed Consent: New Georgia Guidelines," discussing law of medical consent in Georgia, in light of Young v. Yarn, 136 Ga. App. 737, 222 S.E.2d 113 (1975), see 12 Ga. St. B. J. 197 (1976). For article, "Res Ipsa Loquitur and Medical Malpractice in Georgia: A Reassessment," see 17 Ga. L. Rev. 33 (1982). For article, "Baby Doe Cases: Compromise and Moral Dilemma," see 34 Emory L.J. 545 (1986). For note, "The Evolution of the Doctrine of Informed Consent," see 12 Ga. L. Rev. 581 (1978).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Cited in Watson v. Worthy, 151 Ga. App. 131, 259 S.E.2d 138 (1979).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 61 Am. Jur. 2d, Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Healers, §§ 148, 149, 150, 154.
C.J.S.- 70 C.J.S., Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Health Care Providers, §§ 103 et seq., 112 et seq., 138.
ALR.
- Consent as condition of right to perform surgical operation, 76 A.L.R. 562; 139 A.L.R. 1370.
Mental competency of patient to consent to surgical operation or medical treatment, 25 A.L.R.3d 1439.
Necessity and sufficiency of expert evidence to establish existence and extent of physician's duty to inform patient of risks of proposed treatment, 52 A.L.R.3d 1084.
Power of court or other public agency to order medical treatment for child over parental objections not based on religious grounds, 97 A.L.R.3d 421.
Medical practitioner's liability for treatment given child without parent's consent, 67 A.L.R.4th 511.
Power of court or other public agency to order medical treatment over parental religious objections for child whose life is not immediately endangered, 21 A.L.R.5th 248.
