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GA Code § 31-14-8.2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 14 - Hospitalization for Tuberculosis|§ 31-14-8.2. Appeal From Orders of Superior Court or Hearing Examiner; Costs; Right to Counsel

 Either party may appeal any order of the superior court or hearing examiner in a proceeding under this chapter. An order of the superior court may be appealed to the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court as provided by law but shall be heard as expeditiously as possible. The appeal of an order of a hearing examiner shall be to the superior court of the county in which the proceeding was held. The review shall be conducted by the superior court without a jury and shall be confined to the record. The court, upon request, may hear oral argument and receive written briefs. The patient must pay his or her costs upon filing any appeal authorized under this Code section or must make an affidavit that he or she is unable to pay costs. The parties shall retain all rights of review of any order of the superior court, the Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court, as provided by law. The patient shall have a right to counsel on appeal or, if unable to afford counsel, shall have counsel appointed for the patient by the court. The appeal rights provided in this Code section are in addition to any other appeal rights which the parties may have.    (Code 1981, §31-14-8.2, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 1231, § 2; Ga. L. 2005, p. 1513, § 1/SB 56; Ga. L. 2016, p. 883, § 3-13/HB 927.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2016, p. 883, § 1-1/HB 927, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Appellate Jurisdiction Reform Act of 2016.'"   Ga. L. 2016, p. 883, § 6-1(c)/HB 927, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "Part III of this Act shall become effective on January 1, 2017, and shall apply to cases in which a notice of appeal or application to appeal is filed on or after such date."   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2016 amendment of this Code section, see 33 Georgia St. U. L. Rev. 205 (2016).
GA Code § 31-14-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 14 - Hospitalization for Tuberculosis|§ 31-14-9. Procedure for Securing Discharge; Petition for Habeas Corpus

  At any time after commitment and not more often than once every six months, the patient or any friend or relative having reason to believe that the patient no longer has active tuberculosis or that the patient's discharge will not endanger the public health may institute proceedings by petition in the superior court of the county wherein the confinement exists, whereupon the judge shall set the matter for a hearing to occur within 15 days requiring the person or persons to whose care the patient was committed, or their duly authorized agents, to show cause on a day certain why the patient should not be discharged. The judge shall also require that the patient be allowed the right to be examined prior to the hearing by a licensed physician of the patient's own choice and at the patient's own personal expense. Thereafter all proceedings shall be conducted in the same manner as are proceedings for commitment.   In addition to the above procedure for securing discharge, the patient or a friend or relative on behalf of such person may petition, as provided by law, for a writ of habeas corpus to question the cause and legality of detention and to request a court of competent jurisdiction to issue a writ for release, provided that a copy of the petition along with the proper certificate of service shall also be served upon the presiding judge of the court ordering such detention and upon the county board of health or the Department of Public Health which initiated the petition for commitment pursuant to Code Section 31-14-2, which service shall be made by certified mail or statutory overnight delivery.    (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 348, § 12; Code 1933, § 88-712, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1231, § 2; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 3; Ga. L. 2005, p. 1513, § 1/SB 56; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-4/HB 228; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 6-3/HB 214.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 16, not codified by the General Assembly, provided that the 2000 amendment was applicable to notices delivered on or after July 1, 2000.   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 147 (2011).
GA Code § 31-14-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 14 - Hospitalization for Tuberculosis|§ 31-14-10. Enforcement of Rules and Regulations by County Boards of Health

 The county boards of health or their duly authorized agents shall, within their respective limits, enforce rules and regulations adopted by the department for the protection of the public against active tuberculosis.   (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 348, § 3; Code 1933, § 88-703, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 620, § 4; Ga. L. 2005, p. 1513, § 1/SB 56.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 39 Am. Jur. 2d, Health, § 56 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 39A C.J.S., Health and Environment, § 28 et seq.
GA Code § 31-14-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 14 - Hospitalization for Tuberculosis|§ 31-14-11. Unauthorized Leave of Committed Person From Hospital or Facility

 Any person who leaves a hospital or facility approved by the department for the treatment of tuberculosis to which he or she has been committed by court order, without having been discharged by the medical staff of the tuberculosis inpatient unit or the community tuberculosis control unit, shall be taken into custody and returned thereto by the sheriff of any county where such person may be found, upon affidavit being filed with the sheriff by the designated responsible official of the hospital or facility to which such person has been committed.   (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 348, § 14; Code 1933, § 88-714, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 620, § 5; Ga. L. 2005, p. 1513, § 1/SB 56.)
GA Code § 31-14-12 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 14 - Hospitalization for Tuberculosis|§ 31-14-12. Applicability of Commitment Provisions to Persons Who Obey Rules and Regulations of Department

 No person having active tuberculosis who, in his or her home or other place, obeys the rules and regulations of the department and county boards of health for the control of active tuberculosis or who voluntarily accepts care in a hospital or facility operated for the care of tuberculosis, in his or her home, or in another place and who obeys the rules and regulations of the department and completes the prescribed course of therapy for the control of active tuberculosis shall be committed as prescribed in this chapter.   (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 348, § 13; Code 1933, § 88-713, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 620, § 6; Ga. L. 2005, p. 1513, § 1/SB 56.)
GA Code § 31-14-13 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 14 - Hospitalization for Tuberculosis|§ 31-14-13. Order Directing Compliance With Plan of Evaluation or Outpatient Treatment; Contempt

  In lieu of the petition for commitment as authorized by Code Section 31-14-2, the county board of health or the department may petition the court for an order directing the person to comply with a plan of evaluation or outpatient treatment. The department may also petition the court for an order directing the parents, guardians, or custodians of persons under the age of 18 who have been exposed to tuberculosis to allow screening for tuberculosis by public health authorities or to provide evidence of such screening by a licensed physician. Proceedings, evidence, and hearings thereon will be in the same manner as with commitment petitions, and upon the hearing the court may dismiss the petition or order the person to comply with the screening, evaluation, or outpatient treatment plan. The court may also modify the plan prior to ordering compliance.   A petition for outpatient treatment as authorized by subsection (a) of this Code section may also be initiated by a county board of health or the department where a previously hospitalized, diagnosed, or committed patient's condition no longer requires hospitalization or commitment but where protection of the public health requires continued treatment on an outpatient basis of said patient.   Any person known or suspected to have tuberculosis who fails to comply with a plan of evaluation or outpatient treatment ordered pursuant to this Code section, or any parent, guardian, or custodian of a person under the age of 18 who fails to comply with screening ordered pursuant to this Code section or who aids or abets such failure may be punished as for contempt. Contempt proceedings may be initiated by the filing of a petition by the county board of health or by the department with the superior court of the county of the patient's residence or the county where the patient may be found if a nonresident or without a fixed place of abode.     (Code 1981, §31-14-13, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 620, § 7; Ga. L. 2005, p. 1513, § 1/SB 56.)   Editor's notes.   - Former Code Section 31-14-13, relating to unlawful acts upon hospital grounds, including possession and use of alcohol and drugs, trespass, and escape was repealed by Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 31. The former Code section was based on Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.
GA Code § 31-14-14 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 14 - Hospitalization for Tuberculosis|§ 31-14-14. Immunity From Liability

 Any physician, peace officer, attorney, or health official, or any hospital or facility official, agent, or other person employed by a private hospital or facility or at a hospital or facility operated by the state, by a political subdivision of the state, by a county board of health, or by a hospital authority created pursuant to Article 4 of Chapter 7 of Title 31, who acts in good faith in compliance with the admission and discharge provisions of this chapter shall be immune from civil or criminal liability for his or her actions in connection with the admission of a patient to or the discharge of a patient from a hospital or facility approved by the department for the care of tubercular patients.    (Code 1981, §31-14-14, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 1231, § 3; Ga. L. 2005, p. 1513, § 1/SB 56.)
GA Code § 31-15-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 15 - Care and Treatment of Cancer Patients|§ 31-15-1. Findings; Declaration of Purpose

  It is declared and found that one of the most serious and tragic problems facing the public health and welfare is the death of thousands of persons in this state every year from cancer, although the present state of medical arts and technology could return many of these persons to a socially productive life. Advances and discoveries in the treatment of patients suffering from cancer now allow not mere survival, but rehabilitation of these patients to their normal occupations and activities. Presently, many of these patients are dying for lack of personal financial resources to pay for the care which they need.   The state recognizes its responsibilities to allow its citizens to keep their health without being pauperized and to use its resources and organization to aid in gathering and disseminating information on the treatment of cancer.    (Code 1933, § 88-2501a, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 753, § 1.)
GA Code § 31-15-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 15 - Care and Treatment of Cancer Patients|§ 31-15-2. Establishment of Program

 The Department of Public Health shall establish a program for prevention, control, and treatment of cancer which shall include the care of cancer patients who require lifesaving therapy but are unable to pay for such services.   (Code 1933, § 2502a, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 753, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-4/HB 228; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 6-3/HB 214.)   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 147 (2011).
GA Code § 31-15-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 15 - Care and Treatment of Cancer Patients|§ 31-15-4. Cancer Control Officer

 The commissioner shall appoint a cancer control officer. The cancer control officer shall be a physician licensed to practice medicine under Chapter 34 of Title 43 and shall be knowledgeable in the field of medicine covered by this chapter. He or she shall administer the cancer program for the Department of Public Health in compliance with this chapter. He or she shall be provided an office with clerical and administrative assistance to carry out this program.   (Code 1933, § 88-2504a, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 753, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-39/HB 228; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 6-1/HB 214.)   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 147 (2011).
GA Code § 31-15-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 15 - Care and Treatment of Cancer Patients|§ 31-15-5. Duties of Commissioner

 The commissioner, with the advice of the Cancer Advisory Committee, shall:    Develop standards for determining eligibility of patients for care and treatment under this program, set standards for the equipping and staffing of cancer clinics located strategically throughout the state and so placed that patients requiring treatment will not have to travel more than 75 miles to secure such treatment. When the clinics meet such standards, they shall be certified by the department. Patients treated at uncertified cancer clinics shall not be eligible for state aid for reimbursement;   In the event that federal grant programs become available for patient care, the commissioner may allocate state matching funds in whatever department of state government they may be administered so as to maximize the total funds available and to obtain funding needed by the specific patient population which is declared eligible. These programs include but are not restricted to Medicaid, crippled children's services, and vocational rehabilitation;   Extend financial aid to persons suffering from cancer to enable them to obtain the medical, nursing, pharmaceutical, and technical services necessary in caring for such disease. Criteria and procedures for financial aid will be developed by the Division of Physical Health in accordance with the principle that pauperization of a functional family unit will subvert the rehabilitative purposes of this program and will be more costly to the state in the long run;   Assist in the development and expansion, by grant or by contract, of programs for the care and treatment of persons suffering from cancer so that the most efficient and effective treatment may be offered to the patients certified as eligible;   Assist in the development of programs for the prevention of cancer;   Assist in the development and execution of programs for the early detection of cancer, such as breast self-examination for breast cancer and the Papanicolaou test for cancer of the cervix;   Institute and support, directly or through health organizations such as the American Cancer Society and the Georgia Cancer Management Network, educational programs for physicians, providers of health care, and the public concerning cancer, including the dissemination of information regarding prevention, early detection, and treatment; and   Support a state-wide registry of all patients treated in certified cancer clinics in order to evaluate the nature and extent of the incidence of cancer and the effectiveness of treatment.    (Code 1933, § 88-2505a, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 753, § 1.)
GA Code § 31-15-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 15 - Care and Treatment of Cancer Patients|§ 31-15-6. Right to Benefits Under Other Programs

 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to exclude patients with cancer from the benefits of any program of state or federal aid for which they might otherwise qualify.   (Code 1933, § 88-2506a, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 753, § 1.)
GA Code § 31-15A-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 15A - Bone Mass Measurement Coverage|§ 31-15A-1. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Bone Mass Measurement Coverage Act."    (Code 1981, §31-15A-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 877, § 2.)
GA Code § 31-15A-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 15A - Bone Mass Measurement Coverage|§ 31-15A-2. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the term:    "Accident and sickness insurance benefit plan, policy, or contract" has the meaning provided by paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Code Section 33-24-28.1, provided that such term shall not include a limited benefit insurance policy as defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (f) of Code Section 33-30-12.   "Bone mass measurement" means a radiologic or radioisotopic procedure or other technologies approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration and performed on an individual for the purpose of identifying bone mass or detecting bone loss.   "Qualified individual" means an:   Estrogen-deficient woman or individual at clinical risk of osteoporosis as determined directly or indirectly by a physician and who is considering treatment;   Individual with osteoporotic vertebral abnormalities;   Individual receiving long-term glucocorticoid (steroid) therapy;   Individual with primary hyperparathyroidism; or   Individual being monitored directly or indirectly by a physician to assess the response to or efficacy of approved osteoporosis drug therapies.       (Code 1981, §31-15A-2, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 877, § 2.)
GA Code § 31-15A-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 15A - Bone Mass Measurement Coverage|§ 31-15A-3. Insurance Benefit Plan Shall Provide Coverage for Bone Mass Measurement; Education

  Every group or individual accident or sickness insurance benefit plan, policy, or contract that provides hospital, medical, or surgical coverage that is issued, amended, delivered, or renewed in this state on or after July 1, 1998, shall make available as a part of the plan, policy, or contract or as an optional endorsement to the plan, policy, or contract coverage for qualified individuals for reimbursement for scientifically proven bone mass measurement (bone density testing) for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of osteoporosis.   Every person or entity providing an accident or sickness insurance benefit plan, policy, or contract which is subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this Code section shall identify and use scientifically accurate educational materials to increase patient awareness and knowledge of osteoporosis and encourage the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.     (Code 1981, §31-15A-3, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 877, § 2.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1998, commas were inserted preceding the phrase "or contract" in two places in subsection (a).
GA Code § 31-16-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 16 - Kidney Dialysis|§ 31-16-1. Findings; Declaration of Purpose

  The physician and that physician's patient retain the discretion to determine whether or not a kidney dialyzer should be reused. No licensed kidney dialysis clinic or provider of kidney dialysis services which is certificated by the Department of Community Health may interfere with the exercise of that discretion by:   Requiring the reuse of such dialyzer over the objection of that physician and patient; or   Discriminating against a physician specializing in the practice of nephrology by prohibiting that physician from practicing in such clinic or performing dialysis services for such provider if that discrimination is based upon that physician's refusal to reuse a dialyzer and that refusal is based on the patient's informed consent.     A provider of kidney dialysis services who is required to comply with subsection (a) of this Code section but who does not so comply shall have no claim or cause of action for reimbursement for those services which were rendered without that compliance.     (Code 1981, §31-16-7, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1515, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 6, § 31; Ga. L. 1999, p. 296, § 22; Code 1981, §31-16-1, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2020, p. 55, § 6/SB 372.)    The 2020 amendment,  effective July 1, 2020, redesignated former Code Section 31-6-7 as this Code section; and deleted "state" preceding "Department of Community Health" in the second sentence of subsection (a).   Editor's notes.   - Former Code Section 31-16-1, concerning legislative findings and purpose, was repealed by Ga. L. 2020, p. 55, § 6/SB 372, effective July 1, 2020. The former Code section was based on Code 1933, § 88-3001, enacted by Ga. L. 1972, p. 708, § 1.
GA Code § 31-16-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 16 - Kidney Dialysis|§ 31-16-2. Through 31-16-6

 Repealed by Ga. L. 2020, p. 55, § 6/SB 372, effective July 1, 2020.   Editor's notes.   - These Code sections, concerning the Kidney Disease Advisory Committee, were based on Code 1933, §§ 88-3002, 88-3003, 88-3005, 88-3006; Code 1981, § 31-16-4, enacted by Ga. L. 1972, p. 708, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 833, § 2; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 31; Ga. L. 1985, p. 1413, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1137, § 3; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, §§ 1-4, 1-6/HB 228; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, §§ 6-3, 6-5/HB 214; Ga. L. 2012, p. 303, § 3/HB 1146; Ga. L. 2019, p. 148, § 2-12/HB 186.
GA Code § 31-16-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 16 - Kidney Dialysis|§ 31-16-8. Task Force on Kidney Dialysis Centers; Establishment; Membership; Meetings; Report; Abolition

 Repealed by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1515, § 2, effective December 31, 1988.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1515, § 2, and was repealed by its own terms effective December 31, 1988.
GA Code § 31-17-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 17 - Control of Sexually Transmitted Disease|§ 31-17-1. Enumeration of Diseases Deemed Dangerous to Public Health

 Syphilis, gonorrhea, and chancroid, hereinafter referred to as sexually transmitted diseases, are declared to be contagious, infectious, communicable, and dangerous to the public health.   (Ga. L. 1918, p. 275, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-501; Code 1933, § 88-1601, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 2020, p. 55, § 8/SB 372.)    The 2020 amendment,  effective July 1, 2020, substituted "sexually transmitted" for "venereal" in the middle of this Code section.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 39 Am. Jur. 2d, Health, § 24.   C.J.S.   - 39A C.J.S., Health and Environment, § 28 et seq.   ALR.    - Constitutionality, construction, and application of statutes, ordinances, and regulations concerning the prevention and cure of venereal diseases, 127 A.L.R. 421.
GA Code § 31-17-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 17 - Control of Sexually Transmitted Disease|§ 31-17-2. Report of Diagnosis or Treatment to Health Authorities

 Any physician or other person who makes a diagnosis of or treats a case of sexually transmitted disease and any superintendent or manager of a hospital, dispensary, or charitable or penal institution in which there is discovered a case of sexually transmitted disease shall make report of such case to the health authorities in such form and manner as the Department of Public Health shall direct.   (Ga. L. 1918, p. 275, § 2; Code 1933, § 88-502; Code 1933, § 88-1602, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-4/HB 228; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 6-3/HB 214; Ga. L. 2020, p. 55, § 8/SB 372.)    The 2020 amendment,  effective July 1, 2020, substituted "sexually transmitted" for "venereal" twice.   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 147 (2011).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 39 Am. Jur. 2d, Health, § 25.   C.J.S.   - 39A C.J.S., Health and Environment, § 28 et seq.   ALR.    - Constitutionality, construction, and application of statutes, ordinances, and regulations concerning the prevention and cure of venereal diseases, 127 A.L.R. 421.