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GA Code § 31-32-12 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 32 - Advance Directives for Health Care|§ 31-32-12. Restriction on Requiring and Preparing Advance Directives for Health Care

  No physician, health care facility, or health care provider and no health care service plan, insurer issuing disability insurance, or self-insured employee welfare benefit plan shall require any person to execute an advance directive for health care as a condition for being insured for or receiving health care services.   No health care facility shall prepare or offer to prepare an advance directive for health care unless specifically requested to do so by a person desiring to execute an advance directive for health care. For purposes of this subsection, the Department of Corrections shall not be deemed to be a health care facility.     (Code 1981, §31-32-12, enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 133, § 2/HB 24; Ga. L. 2017, p. 164, § 57/HB 127.)    The 2017 amendment,  effective July 1, 2017, substituted "or self-insured employee welfare benefit plan" for "self-insured employee welfare benefit plan, or nonprofit hospital service plan" near the middle of subsection (a).
GA Code § 31-32-13 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 32 - Advance Directives for Health Care|§ 31-32-13. Penalties and Legal Sanctions for Violations

 All persons shall be subject to the following sanctions in relation to advance directives for health care, in addition to all other sanctions applicable under any other law or rule of professional conduct:    Any person who, without the declarant's consent, willfully conceals, cancels, or alters an advance directive for health care or any amendment or revocation of the advance directive for health care or who falsifies or forges an advance directive for health care, amendment, or revocation shall be civilly liable and guilty of a misdemeanor;   Any person who falsifies or forges an advance directive for health care of another or who willfully conceals or withholds personal knowledge of an amendment or revocation of an advance directive for health care with the intent to cause a withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures or the withholding or withdrawal of the provision of nourishment or hydration contrary to the intent of the declarant and thereby, because of such act, directly causes life-sustaining procedures or the provision of nourishment or hydration to be withheld or withdrawn and death thereby to be hastened shall be subject to prosecution for criminal homicide as provided in Chapter 5 of Title 16;   Any person who requires or prevents execution of an advance directive for health care as a condition of ensuring or providing any type of health care services to an individual shall be civilly liable and guilty of a misdemeanor; and   Any person who willfully witnesses an advance directive for health care knowing at the time he or she is not eligible to witness such advance directive under subsection (c) of Code Section 31-32-5 or who coerces or attempts to coerce a person into making an advance directive for health care shall be civilly liable and guilty of a misdemeanor.     (Code 1981, §31-32-13, enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 133, § 2/HB 24.)
GA Code § 31-32-14 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 32 - Advance Directives for Health Care|§ 31-32-14. Effect of Chapter on Other Legal Rights and Duties

  Nothing in this chapter shall impair or supersede any legal right or legal responsibility which any person may have to effect the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures or the withholding or withdrawal of the provision of nourishment or hydration in any lawful manner.   Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to condone, authorize, or approve mercy killing or to permit any affirmative or deliberate act or omission to end life other than to permit the process of dying as provided in this chapter. Furthermore, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to condone, authorize, or approve abortion.   This chapter shall create no presumption concerning the intention of an individual who has not executed an advance directive for health care to consent to the use or withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures or the withholding or withdrawal of the provision of nourishment or hydration in the event of a terminal condition or state of permanent unconsciousness.   Except to the extent provided in an advance directive for health care and subject to the health care agent's duty to exercise granted powers in such manner as the health care agent deems consistent with the intentions and desires of the declarant pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 31-32-7, a declarant's directions in an advance directive for health care regarding the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures or the withholding or withdrawal of the provision of nourishment or hydration shall be ineffective as long as there is a health care agent available and willing to make decisions for and on behalf of the declarant regarding the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures or the withholding or withdrawal of the provision of nourishment or hydration when the declarant is in a terminal condition or state of permanent unconsciousness.   Unless an advance directive for health care provides otherwise, a health care agent who is known to a health care provider to be available and willing to make health care decisions for a declarant has priority over any other person, including any guardian, to act for the declarant in all matters covered by the advance directive for health care.   Nothing in this chapter shall affect the delegation of a parent's power to control the health care of a minor child.     (Code 1981, §31-32-14, enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 133, § 2/HB 24.)
GA Code § 31-33-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 33 - Health Records|§ 31-33-1. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the term:    "Patient" means any person who has received health care services from a provider.   "Provider" means all hospitals, including public, private, osteopathic, and tuberculosis hospitals; other special care units, including podiatric facilities, skilled nursing facilities, and kidney disease treatment centers, including freestanding hemodialysis units; intermediate care facilities; ambulatory surgical or obstetrical facilities; health maintenance organizations; and home health agencies. It shall also mean any person licensed to practice under Chapter 9, 11, 26, 34, 35, or 39 of Title 43.   "Record" means a patient's health record, including, but not limited to, evaluations, diagnoses, prognoses, laboratory reports, X-rays, prescriptions, and other technical information used in assessing the patient's condition, or the pertinent portion of the record relating to a specific condition or a summary of the record.     (Code 1981, §31-32-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1680, § 1; Code 1981, §31-33-1, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 31.)
GA Code § 31-33-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 33 - Health Records|§ 31-33-4. Mental Health Records

 The provisions of this chapter, except as otherwise provided in Code Sections 31-33-3, 31-33-7, and 31-33-8, shall not apply to psychiatric, psychological, or other mental health records of a patient.    (Code 1981, §31-32-4, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1680, § 1; Code 1981, §31-33-4, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 31; Ga. L. 2010, p. 286, § 18/SB 244; Ga. L. 2016, p. 549, § 2/HB 910.)   Cross references.   - Right of mental patients to examine medical records, §§ 37-3-162,37-3-167.
GA Code § 31-33-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 33 - Health Records|§ 31-33-5. Immunity From Liability for Releasing Information

 Any provider releasing information in good faith pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall not be civilly or criminally liable to the patient, guardian, parent, or any other person for such release.    (Code 1981, §31-32-5, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1680, § 1; Code 1981, §31-33-5, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 31.)
GA Code § 31-33-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 33 - Health Records|§ 31-33-6. Confidential Communications

 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as destroying or diminishing the privileged or confidential nature of any communication now or hereafter recognized by law.    (Code 1981, §31-32-6, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1680, § 1; Code 1981, §31-33-6, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 31.)
GA Code § 31-33-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 33 - Health Records|§ 31-33-7. Furnishing Copies of Psychological or Psychiatric Evaluation to Law Enforcement Officer Upon Request

  Notwithstanding the provisions of Code Section 31-33-4, if a law enforcement officer employed by a governmental entity is required to submit to a psychological or psychiatric examination for the purpose of assessing the law enforcement officer's fitness for duty, employment status, or assignment of duties, then, upon the written request of the law enforcement officer, the employer shall furnish to the law enforcement officer a complete copy of the evaluation or report.   Any employer or health care provider furnishing or making a report or evaluation in good faith pursuant to the provisions of this Code section shall not be civilly or criminally liable to the law enforcement officer or any other person for furnishing or making such report or evaluation.   If an employer reasonably determines that disclosure of the evaluation or report to the law enforcement officer will be detrimental to the mental health of the law enforcement officer, would present a risk of harm to other persons, would involve the disclosure of confidential information or would violate the privacy of a third party, then the employer may refuse to furnish the record of evaluation; provided, however, that upon such refusal the evaluation or report shall, upon written request by the law enforcement officer, be furnished by the employer to a psychiatrist or psychologist treating the law enforcement officer.     (Code 1981, §31-33-7, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 1499, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Employment and training of peace officers, T. 35, C. 8.   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1998, "; provided," was substituted for "provided; " in subsection (c).
GA Code § 31-33-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 33 - Health Records|§ 31-33-8. Electronic Records; Application to Psychiatric, Psychological, or Other Mental Health Records

  Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, any provider may, in its sole discretion, create, maintain, transmit, receive, and store records in an electronic format within the meaning of Code Section 10-12-2 and may, in its sole discretion, temporarily or permanently convert records into an electronic format.   A provider shall not be required to maintain separate tangible copies of electronically stored records.   The other provisions of this chapter shall apply to electronic records to the same extent as those provisions apply to tangible records.   This Code section is subject to all applicable federal laws governing the security and confidentiality of a patient's personal health information.   A tangible copy of a record reproduced from an electronically stored record shall be considered an original for purposes of providing copies to patients or other authorized parties and for introduction of the records into evidence in administrative or court proceedings.   Except as provided otherwise under federal law, upon receiving a request for a copy of a record from a patient or an authorized person under Code Section 31-33-3, a provider shall provide copies of the record in either tangible or electronically stored form.   Subsections (a), (b), (d) and (e) of this Code section shall apply to psychiatric, psychological, or other mental health records of a patient.     (Code 1981, §31-33-8, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 618, § 1/SB 204; Ga. L. 2009, p. 698, § 4/HB 126; Ga. L. 2010, p. 286, § 19/SB 244.)   Cross references.   - Georgia Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, § 10-12-1 et seq.
GA Code § 31-36-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 36 - Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care|§ 31-36-1. Through 31-36-13

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2007, p. 133, § 3/HB 24, effective July 1, 2007.   Editor's notes.   - This chapter consisted of Code Sections 31-36-1 through 31-36-13, relating to durable power of attorney for health care, and was based on Ga. L. 1990, p. 1101, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 31; Ga. L. 1999, p. 485, § 6; Ga. L. 1999, p. 485, § 7. The former chapter was incorporated into Chapter 32 of this title by Ga. L. 2007, p. 133, § 2/HB 24, effective July 1, 2007.
GA Code § 31-36A-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 36A - Temporary Health Care Placement Decision Maker for an Adult|§ 31-36A-1. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Temporary Health Care Placement Decision Maker for an Adult Act."    (Code 1981, §31-36A-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 485, § 5.)
GA Code § 31-36A-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 36A - Temporary Health Care Placement Decision Maker for an Adult|§ 31-36A-2. Legislative Findings

  The General Assembly recognizes that there may be occasions when an adult has not made advance arrangements for a situation when he or she is unable to consent to his or her own admission to or discharge from one health care facility or placement or transfer to another health care facility or placement. Under these circumstances, the General Assembly further recognizes that it may be necessary and in the adult's best interest to be admitted to or discharged from one health care facility or placement or transferred to an alternative facility or placement.   In recognition of the findings in subsection (a) of this Code section, the General Assembly declares that the laws of the State of Georgia shall provide for the most appropriate placement available for these individuals and shall declare an order of priority for those persons who may make the decision to transfer, admit, or discharge such adults at the appointed times and a procedure for obtaining authorization from the court in the absence of a person authorized to consent.     (Code 1981, §31-36A-2, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 485, § 5.)
GA Code § 31-36A-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 36A - Temporary Health Care Placement Decision Maker for an Adult|§ 31-36A-3. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the term:    "Absence of a person authorized to consent" means that:   After diligent efforts for a reasonable period of time, no person authorized to consent under the provisions of Code Section 31-36A-6 has been located; or   All such authorized persons located have affirmatively waived their authority to consent or dissent to admission to or discharge from a health care facility or placement or transfer to an alternative health care facility or placement, provided that dissent by an authorized person to a proposed admission, discharge, or transfer shall not be deemed waiver of authority.     "Unable to consent" means that an adult is unable to:   Make rational and competent decisions regarding his or her placement options for health or personal care; or   Communicate such decisions by any means.       (Code 1981, §31-36A-3, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 485, § 5.)
GA Code § 31-36A-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 36A - Temporary Health Care Placement Decision Maker for an Adult|§ 31-36A-4. Construction of Chapter in Relation to Title 37

 This chapter shall not apply to involuntary examination and hospitalization for treatment of mental illness, which shall continue to be governed by Title 37.    (Code 1981, §31-36A-4, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 485, § 5.)
GA Code § 31-36A-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 36A - Temporary Health Care Placement Decision Maker for an Adult|§ 31-36A-5. Certification by Physician

 An attending physician, treating physician, or other physician licensed according to the laws of the State of Georgia, after having personally examined an adult, may certify in the adult's medical records the following:    The adult is unable to consent for himself or herself; and   It is the physician's belief that it is in the adult's best interest to be discharged from a hospital, institution, medical center, or other health care institution providing health or personal care for treatment of any type of physical or mental condition and to be transferred to or admitted to an alternative facility or placement, including, but not limited to, nursing facilities, assisted living communities, personal care homes, rehabilitation facilities, and home and community based programs.     (Code 1981, §31-36A-5, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 485, § 5; Ga. L. 2011, p. 227, § 21/SB 178.)
GA Code § 31-37-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 37 - Health Care Personnel|§ 31-37-1. Through 31-37-3

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1999, p. 296, § 11, effective July 1, 1999.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 1999, p. 296, § 11, effective July 1, 1999, repealed and reserved the Code sections formerly codified at this chapter. The former chapter, relating to health care personnel, consisted of Code Sections 31-37-1 through 31-37-3 and was based on Ga. L. 1990, p. 1051, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 31; Ga. L. 1996, p. 6, § 31.
GA Code § 31-38-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 38 - Tanning Facilities|§ 31-38-1. (See Editor's notes.) Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the term:    "CFR" means Code of Federal Regulations.  (1.1) "Consumer" means any individual who is provided access to a tanning facility as defined in this chapter.    "Individual" means any human being.   "Operator" means any individual designated by the tanning facility owner or tanning equipment lessee to operate or to assist and instruct the consumer in the operation and use of the tanning facility or tanning equipment.   "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public or private institution, group, agency, political subdivision of this state, any other state, or political subdivision or agency thereof, and any legal successor, representative, agent, or agency of these entities.   "Tanning equipment" means ultraviolet or other lamps and equipment containing such lamps intended to induce skin tanning through the irradiation of any part of the living human body with ultraviolet radiation.   "Tanning facility" means any location, place, area, structure, or business or a part thereof which provides consumers access to tanning equipment. "Tanning facility" includes, but is not limited to, tanning salons, health clubs, apartments, or condominiums regardless of whether a fee is charged for access to the tanning equipment.   "Ultraviolet radiation" means electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths in air between 200 nanometers and 400 nanometers.     (Code 1981, §31-38-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1411, § 2.)   For application of this statute in 2020 and 2021, see Executive Orders 04.23.20.02, 05.12.20.02, 05.28.20.02, 06.11.20.01, 06.29.20.02, 07.15.20.01, 07.31.20.02, 08.15.20.01, 08.31.20.02, 09.15.20.01, 09.30.20.02, 10.15.20.01, 10.30.20.02, 11.13.20.01, 11.30.20.02, 12.08.20.01, 12.30.20.02, 01.15.21.01, 01.29.21.02, 02.15.21.01, 02.26.21.02, 03.12.21.01, and 03.31.21.03.   A listing of Executive Orders issued in 2020 can be found at https://gov.georgia.gov/executive-action/executive-orders.
GA Code § 31-38-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 38 - Tanning Facilities|§ 31-38-2. Exemptions From Applicability of Chapter

  Any person is exempt from the provisions of this chapter to the extent that such person:   Uses equipment which emits ultraviolet radiation incidental to its normal operation; and   Does not use the equipment described in paragraph (1) of this subsection to deliberately expose parts of the living human body to ultraviolet radiation for the purpose of tanning or other treatment.     Any physician licensed by the Georgia Composite Medical Board is exempt from the provisions of this chapter to the extent that such physician uses, in the practice of medicine, medical diagnostic and therapeutic equipment which emits ultraviolet radiation.   Any individual is exempt from the provisions of this chapter to the extent that such individual owns tanning equipment exclusively for personal, noncommercial use.     (Code 1981, §31-38-2, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1411, § 2; Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 2/HB 509.)
GA Code § 31-38-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 38 - Tanning Facilities|§ 31-38-3. Construction, Operation, and Maintenance Requirements

 Each tanning facility in this state shall be constructed, operated, and maintained in accordance with the requirements of Code Sections 31-38-4 through 31-38-8.    (Code 1981, §31-38-3, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1411, § 2.)
GA Code § 31-38-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 38 - Tanning Facilities|§ 31-38-4. Warning Sign to Be Posted; Contents of Warning Sign

  The facility owner or operator shall conspicuously post the warning sign described in subsection (b) of this Code section within three feet of each tanning station and in such a manner that the sign is clearly visible, not obstructed by any barrier, equipment, or other object, and can be easily viewed by the consumer before energizing the tanning equipment.   The warning sign required in subsection (a) of this Code section shall use upper and lower case letters which are at least two inches and one inch in height, respectively, and shall have the following wording:  -Avoid overexposure.As with natural sunlight, overexposure can cause eye and skin injury and allergic reactions. Repeated exposure may cause premature aging of the skin and skin cancer.   -Wear protective eyewear.   -If you do not tan in the sun, you are unlikely to tan from the use of this product.   According to the research and clinical experience of the American Academy of Dermatology, excessive or improper exposure to ultraviolet light can cause harmful changes in the skin and other organs, including skin cancer, cataracts, impairment of the immune system, premature aging, and photosensitivity.These are virtually the same risks associated with outdoor tanning.