2025 Code of Georgia
Title 31 - Health (Chs. 1 — 54)
Chapter 33 - Health Records (§§ 31-33-1 — 31-33-8)
Annotations
Notes
Editor’s notes.Chapter 32 was added to Title 31 by both Ga. L. 1984, p. 1477, § 1, and by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1680, § 1. The former is set out as Chapter 32 and the latter was redesignated as Chapter 33 by Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 31.
Research References & Practice Aids
Cross references.Temporary medical consent guardianship, § 29-4-18.
Administrative rules and regulations.Patient Referrals and Patient Records, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of Georgia Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Immoral and Unprofessional Conduct Defined, Rule 100-7-.07.
Unprofessional Conduct Defined, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of Georgia Board of Dentistry, Rule 150-8-.01.
Unprofessional Conduct, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, State Board of Podiatry Examiners, Rule 500-8-.01.
RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR.Medical malpractice: presumption or inference from failure of hospital or doctor to produce relevant medical records, 69 A. L. R.4th 906.
Hierarchy Notes:O. C. G. A. Title 31
- § 31-33-1. Definitions
- § 31-33-2. Retention of records; furnishing of records to patients, providers, or other authorized persons
- § 31-33-3. Costs of copying and mailing; patient’s rights as to records; applicability to psychiatric, psychological, and other mental health records
- § 31-33-4. Mental health records
- § 31-33-5. Immunity from liability for releasing information
- § 31-33-6. Confidential communications
- § 31-33-7. Furnishing copies of psychological or psychiatric evaluation to law enforcement officer upon request
- § 31-33-8. Electronic records; application to psychiatric, psychological, or other mental health records
