2025 Code of Georgia
Title 43 - Professions and Businesses (Chs. 1 — 51)
Chapter 26 - Nurses (Arts. 1 — 5)

Annotations

Opinion Notes

Licensed nurses (registered professional nurses or licensed practical nurses) performing nursing services within the scope of their statutory authority in a private home for wages are not performing “domestic services” nor do the services constitute employment within the meaning of O. C. G. A. Ch. 8, T. 34. 1980 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 80-34.

Research References & Practice Aids

Student loan repayment for selected nurses, § 49-10-6.

2 Am. Jur. 2d, Administrative Law, § 21 et seq. 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Commerce, §§ 1 et seq., 90 et seq. 16A Am. Jur. 2d, Constitutional Law, §§ 266, 284 et seq., 332, 339 et seq. 39 Am. Jur. 2d, Health, §§ 1 et seq., 26 et seq. 51 Am. Jur. 2d, Licenses and Permits, § 1 et seq. 58 Am. Jur. 2d, Occupations, Trades and Professions, § 1 et seq. 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 14 et seq. 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories and Dependencies, §§ 42, 64 et seq. 73 Am. Jur. 2d, Statutes, §§ 17 et seq., 58 et seq.

15 C. J. S., Commerce, §§ 9 et seq., 83 et seq., 111 et seq. 16 C. J. S., Constitutional Law, § 280 et seq. 16A C. J. S., Constitutional Law, § 580 et seq. 16B C. J. S., Constitutional Law, §§ 1055-1058, 1444-1448. 16D C. J. S., Constitutional Law, §§ 2085, 2086. 53 C. J. S., Licenses, § 6 et seq. 67 C. J. S., Officers and Public Employees, § 12 et seq. 73 C. J. S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 50 et seq. 73 C. J. S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 146 et seq. 81A C. J. S., States, § 120 et seq. 82 C. J. S., Statutes, §§ 203, 281.

Failure to procure occupational or business license or permit as affecting validity or enforceability of contract, 30 A. L. R. 834; 42 A. L. R. 1226; 118 A. L. R. 646.

Applicability, in action against nurse in her professional capacity, of statute of limitations applicable to malpractice, 8 A. L. R.3d 1336.

Medical malpractice: who are “health care providers,” or the like, whose actions fall within statutes specifically governing actions and damages for medical malpractice, 12 A. L. R.5th 1.

O. C. G. A. Title 43