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2025 Code of Georgia
Title 31 - Health (Chs. 1 — 54)
Chapter 2A - Department of Public Health (Arts. 1 — 4)
Article 1 - General Provisions (§§ 31-2A-1 — 31-2A-20)
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Editor’s notes.The existing provisions of Chapter 2A were designated as Article 1 of Chapter 2A by Ga. L. 2016, p. 214, § 1/SB 308, effective July 1, 2016.
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Law reviews.For note, “Who Calls the Shots?: Parents Versus the Parens Patriae Power of the States to Mandate Vaccines for Children in New York,” see 37 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 637 (2021).
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O. C. G. A. Title 31, Ch. 2A
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- § 31-2A-1. Board of Public Health created; membership; transfer from Board of Community Health
- § 31-2A-2. Department of Public Health created; transfer of powers, functions, and duties; commissioner; divisions
- § 31-2A-3. Department of Public Health successor to certain rules, regulations, procedures, orders, rights, interests, and obligations
- § 31-2A-3.1. [Effective July 1, 2026] Retention of accrued annual and sick leave and seniority for former county board of health employees; rules and regulations
- § 31-2A-4. Powers and duties
- § 31-2A-5. Office of Women’s Health; duties
- § 31-2A-6. Rules and regulations
- § 31-2A-7. Background checks for employees
- § 31-2A-8. Receipt and administration of federal and other funds
- § 31-2A-9. Studies and surveys of programs
- § 31-2A-10. Venue of actions against department or board
- § 31-2A-11. Standards for sewage management systems
- § 31-2A-12. (Reserved effective July 1, 2026.) Georgia Commission on Maternal and Infant Health; composition, membership, duties, and responsibilities
- § 31-2A-13. Diabetes coordinator; central repository for data related to prevention and treatment of diabetes
- § 31-2A-14. [Reserved] Georgia Diabetes Control Grant Program; advisory committee; administration of authorized grant programs; grant criteria
- § 31-2A-15. Additional duties of commissioner; authority to convene expert panels and consult with experts
- § 31-2A-16. Maternal Mortality Review Committee established; membership; duties; records; confidentiality
- § 31-2A-17. Alzheimer’s Disease Registry established; purpose; procedures; rules and regulations; confidentiality of data
- § 31-2A-18. [Effective July 1, 2026] Medical Cannabis Patient Registry; rules and regulations; registration cards; reports; confidential records; annual review and recommendations
- § 31-2A-19. Pilot program for home visitation during pregnancy and early childhood; reporting; funding requirement
- § 31-2A-20. [Effective July 1, 2026] Accessibility to opioid antagonists in government buildings and courthouses; guidelines and training; limitations on liability
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