2021 Georgia Code
Title 9 - Civil Practice
Chapter 9 - Arbitration
Article 2 - Medical Malpractice
- § 9-9-60. "Medical Malpractice Claim" Defined
- § 9-9-61. Medical Malpractice Arbitration Authorized
- § 9-9-62. Petition for Arbitration; Arbitration Order and Appointment of Referee; Conditions Precedent to Enforceability
- § 9-9-63. Tolling of Statute of Limitations; When Action Permitted After Filing of Petition for Arbitration
- § 9-9-64. Appointment of Reporter; Duties; Compensation
- § 9-9-65. Arbitration Submission; Irrevocability Absent Consent
- § 9-9-66. Qualifications and Status of Referee
- § 9-9-67. Arbitrators - How Chosen
- § 9-9-68. Arbitrators - How Vacancy Filled
- § 9-9-69. Arbitrators - Oath and Affidavit
- § 9-9-70. Postponement of Arbitration
- § 9-9-71. Adjournments by Arbitrators; No Meeting Outside Group
- § 9-9-72. Discovery
- § 9-9-73. Subpoena Power of Referee; Compensation of Witnesses
- § 9-9-74. Powers of Referee to Compel Production of Documentary Evidence
- § 9-9-75. Competency of Witnesses
- § 9-9-76. Rules Governing Examination of Witnesses and Admission of Evidence
- § 9-9-77. Administration of Oaths by Referee
- § 9-9-78. Findings by Arbitrators; Concurrence of Two Sufficient
- § 9-9-79. Copy of Findings Furnished Parties; Entry of Original on Court's Minutes; Effect and Enforcement; Clerk's Fees
- § 9-9-80. Finality of Findings Absent Appeal; Appeals to Superior Courts; Transmittal of Record; When Findings Set Aside; Disposition of Case; Supersedeas
- § 9-9-81. Costs; How Taxed
- § 9-9-82. Compensation of Arbitrators and Referee
- § 9-9-83. Civil and Criminal Immunity of Arbitrators
- § 9-9-84. Governor's Commission on Obstetrics
- Ga. L. 1988, p. 903, effective July 1, 1988, repealed the Code sections formerly codified as Parts 1, 2, and 3 of Article 2 and redesignated former Code Sections 9-9-110 through 9-9-133 of Part 4 of Article 2 as this article. The provisions of former Part 3 of Article 2 (former Code Sections 9-9-80 through 9-9-97) now appear as Part 1 of Article 1 of this chapter, except that former Code Section 9-9-83, concerning validity of agreements to arbitrate, was repealed.
Law reviews.- For article, "Proposed Changes in the Arbitration Law of Georgia," see 23 Ga. St. B.J. 152 (1987). For article, "State of Emergency: Why Georgia's Standard of Care in Emergency Rooms is Harmful to Your Health," see 45 Ga. L. Rev. 275 (2010).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR.
- What constitutes physician-patient relationship for malpractice purposes, 17 A.L.R.4th 132.
Medical malpractice in connection with breast augmentation, reduction, or reconstruction, 28 A.L.R.5th 497.
