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GA Code § 31-22-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 22 - Clinical Laboratories|§ 31-22-8. Inspections; Evaluation Program

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2021, p. 472, § 1/HB 93, effective July 1, 2021.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1970, p. 531, § 7; Ga. L. 1975, p. 737, § 3; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1081, §§ 5, 10.
GA Code § 31-22-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 22 - Clinical Laboratories|§ 31-22-9. Applicability of Chapter

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2021, p. 472, § 1/HB 93, effective July 1, 2021.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1970, p. 531, § 1; Ga. L. 1972, p. 1247, § 1; Ga. L. 1972, p. 1257, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 737, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1362, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 31; Ga. L. 2000, p. 226, § 1; Ga. L. 2011, p. 752, § 31/HB 142; Ga. L. 2018, p. 355, § 1/SB 422.
GA Code § 31-22-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 22 - Clinical Laboratories|§ 31-22-10. Effect of This Chapter on Chapter 23 of This Title and Article 6 of Chapter 5 of Title 44

 Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed or construed as affecting or repealing Chapter 23 of this title or Article 6 of Chapter 5 of Title 44.   (Ga. L. 1972, p. 1247, § 3; Ga. L. 2021, p. 472, § 1/HB 93.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2021, p. 472, § 1/HB 93, reenacted this Code section without change, effective July 1, 2021.
GA Code § 31-22-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 22 - Clinical Laboratories|§ 31-22-11. Effect of This Chapter on Chapter 34 of Title 43

 Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed or construed as affecting or repealing Chapter 34 of Title 43.   (Ga. L. 1972, p. 1257, § 6; Ga. L. 2021, p. 472, § 1/HB 93.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2021, p. 472, § 1/HB 93, reenacted this Code section without change, effective July 1, 2021.
GA Code § 31-22-12 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 22 - Clinical Laboratories|§ 31-22-12. Injunction of Operation of Clinical Laboratories Not Certified

 The operation or maintenance of a clinical laboratory that is not certified, in violation of this chapter is declared a nuisance, inimical to the public health, welfare, and safety. The commissioner of the Department of Community Health in the name of the people of the state through the Attorney General may, in addition to other remedies provided in this chapter, bring an action for an injunction to restrain such violation or to enjoin the future operation or maintenance of any such clinical laboratory until compliance with this chapter or the rules or regulations promulgated under this chapter has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Department of Community Health.   (Ga. L. 1970, p. 531, § 10; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 31; Ga. L. 2021, p. 472, § 1/HB 93.)    The 2021 amendment,  effective July 1, 2021, substituted "of a clinical laboratory that is not certified," for "of an unlicensed clinical laboratory" in the first sentence; and, in the second sentence, inserted "of the Department of Community Health" near the beginning and substituted "Department of Community Health" for "department" at the end.
GA Code § 31-22-13 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 22 - Clinical Laboratories|§ 31-22-13. Penalty

 Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any of the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   (Ga. L. 1970, p. 531, § 9; Ga. L. 2021, p. 472, § 1/HB 93.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2021, p. 472, § 1/HB 93, reenacted this Code section without change, effective July 1, 2021.
GA Code § 31-23-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 23 - Eye Banks|§ 31-23-1. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the term:    "Department" means the Department of Community Health.   "Eye bank" means a nonprofit facility which is maintained and operated for the extraction, removal, care, storage, preservation, and use of human eyes or parts thereof for purposes of sight preservation or restoration, medical education, instruction pertaining to sight preservation or restoration, or research, which facility is operated by, under, or in affiliation with a hospital for the care of human beings or a medical school in conjunction with the department or school of ophthalmology of such medical school.   "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, trustee, association, or combination thereof.    (Ga. L. 1961, p. 582, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-2001, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1499, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 832, § 1; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 4-17/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 § 31-23-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 23 - Eye Banks|§ 31-23-2. Effect on Eye Donations of the "Georgia Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift act."

 Any donation of a person's eyes or any part thereof shall be made in accordance with Article 6 of Chapter 5 of Title 44, the "Georgia Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act."   (Ga. L. 1961, p. 582, §§ 3, 4; Code 1933, §§ 88-2003, 88-2004, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 503, § 4/SB 405.)
GA Code § 31-23-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 23 - Eye Banks|§ 31-23-3. Hospitals or Medical Schools Which May Operate Eye Banks; Right of Eye Banks to Receive Gifts, Donations, and Bequests

 Any facility, hospital, or any medical school in conjunction with the department or school of ophthalmology of such medical school, alone or in further conjunction with other charitable organizations, may establish and maintain an eye bank in, under, or in affiliation with such hospital or medical school upon approval for the establishment of the eye bank by the Department of Community Health, if the eye bank meets the medical standards approved by the Eye Bank Association of America and such facility, hospital, or medical school is a nonprofit organization and is not a subsidiary of a for profit corporation or business entity. Upon the establishment of any eye bank as authorized in this Code section, the extraction, removal, care, preservation, storage, and use of human eyes or parts thereof for any of the purposes for which eye banks may be established may begin in such facility or as authorized by such facility. The eye bank shall have the right to receive gifts, donations, and bequests for the purposes stated in this Code section.   (Ga. L. 1961, p. 582, § 2; Code 1933, § 88-2002, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1499, § 2; Ga. L. 1999, p. 832, § 2; Ga. L. 2003, p. 368, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-4/HB 228.)   Law reviews.   - For survey article on wills, trusts, guardianships, and fiduciary administration, see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 447 (2007).
GA Code § 31-23-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 23 - Eye Banks|§ 31-23-4. Powers of Department

 The department is empowered to approve or disapprove the establishment of an eye bank by any group desiring to establish one in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the department; to exercise such control, inspection, and supervision of established eye banks as the department determines to be proper; and to terminate, for good cause, its approval of the maintenance and operation of an eye bank.   (Ga. L. 1961, p. 582, § 7; Code 1933, § 88-2007, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)
GA Code § 31-23-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 23 - Eye Banks|§ 31-23-5. Persons Authorized to Extract Eyes; Compensation Therefor; Liability of Persons Operating Eye Banks or Having Custody or Control of Donor's Body

  Upon the death of any donor, the persons holding a donor's unrevoked instrument of donation and maintaining and operating the donee eye bank may authorize any physician, or any embalmer licensed under Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 43, as now or hereafter amended, who has completed a course of training in eye extraction approved by the department, or any technician trained by and authorized by the eye bank to extract and remove the donated eyes or parts thereof for the eye bank in accordance with sound medical practices.   The person or persons extracting and removing the donated eyes or parts thereof shall receive no compensation for such services other than that established, approved, and paid by the persons maintaining and operating the eye bank.   Neither persons maintaining and operating eye banks, nor their agents, nor persons having custody or control of a deceased donor's body shall be liable criminally or civilly to any person or any person's estate for the removal of eyes or parts thereof donated and removed in accordance with this chapter.    (Ga. L. 1961, p. 582, § 5; Code 1933, § 88-2005, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1972, p. 234, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1559, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1499, § 3; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 31.)
GA Code § 31-23-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 23 - Eye Banks|§ 31-23-6. Removal of Eye or Corneal Tissue

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2008, p. 503, § 3/SB 405, effective July 1, 2008.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Code 1933, § 88-2010, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 811, § 1; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1328, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 611, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 31; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 31.
GA Code § 31-23-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 23 - Eye Banks|§ 31-23-7. Liability of Donor or Donor's Estate

 In no event shall any donor or donor's estate incur any liability for any expense connected with or resulting from the donation, extraction, removal, care, preservation, storage, or use of such donor's eyes or parts thereof.   (Ga. L. 1961, p. 582, § 6; Code 1933, § 88-2006, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)
GA Code § 31-23-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 23 - Eye Banks|§ 31-23-8. Effect of Chapter Upon Existing Methods of Treatment or Instruction

 Nothing in this chapter shall affect, interfere with, or change presently existing methods of the medical or scientific operation, treatment, examination, or instruction pertaining to the eyes of human beings as the same is now carried on in the hospitals or under the medical schools of this state.   (Ga. L. 1961, p. 582, § 8; Code 1933, § 88-2008, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1499, § 4.)
GA Code § 31-23-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 23 - Eye Banks|§ 31-23-9. Penalty

  It shall be unlawful:   For any person to sell either his eyes or any parts thereof or the eyes or any parts thereof of another person or to receive any remuneration for the giving of a human eye or any part thereof;   For the person or persons operating and maintaining any eye bank to sell any donated eye or donated part thereof or knowingly to extract, remove, or take possession of any human eye or part thereof for which any person received compensation or remuneration; or   For any person or persons to establish or operate any eye bank without approval of the department or otherwise not in accordance with this chapter.     Any person who violates any provision of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.    (Ga. L. 1961, p. 582, § 9; Code 1933, § 88-2009, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1499, § 5.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 22A Am. Jur. 2d, Dead Bodies, §§ 38, 42, 81, 92.   C.J.S.   - 25A C.J.S., Dead Bodies, § 67 et seq.
GA Code § 31-24-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 24 - Blood Labeling|§ 31-24-1. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as "The Blood Labeling Act."   (Ga. L. 1976, p. 353, § 1.)
GA Code § 31-24-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 24 - Blood Labeling|§ 31-24-2. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the term:    "Blood" means whole human blood, packed red blood cells, blood platelets, concentrated leucocytes, and blood plasma. It does not include blood derivatives manufactured or processed for industrial use.   "Donation" means any transaction involving the person from whom blood is withdrawn, whether he presents himself for the withdrawal of blood on his own initiative or on the initiative of another person, in which he receives no consideration other than credit through blood assurance programs or other intangible benefits.   "Industrial use" means a use of blood in which the blood is modified by physical or chemical means to produce derivatives for therapeutic or pharmaceutic biologicals and laboratory reagents or controls.   "Person" means any individual, blood bank, clinical laboratory, hospital, firm, corporation, or any other entity.   "Purchase" means any transaction involving the person from whom blood is withdrawn, whether he presents himself for the withdrawal of blood on his own initiative or on the initiative of another person, in which he receives a monetary consideration in any form. Time off from work granted by an employer for the purpose of giving blood shall not be considered a direct monetary consideration.   "Transfusion" means a use of blood in which the blood is administered to a human being for treatment of sickness or injury.    (Ga. L. 1976, p. 353, § 2.)
GA Code § 31-24-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 24 - Blood Labeling|§ 31-24-3. Requirement of Qualification of Blood Donors

 No blood may be withdrawn from any individual in this state for transfusion or industrial uses unless he qualifies to be a blood donor under the laws of this state.   (Ga. L. 1976, p. 353, § 3.)   Cross references.   - Age at which person may donate blood without consent of parent or guardian, § 44-5-89.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Liability of blood supplier or donor for injury or death resulting from blood transfusion, 24 A.L.R.4th 508.
GA Code § 31-24-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 24 - Blood Labeling|§ 31-24-4. Labeling of Containers of Blood

  Every person who withdraws blood from an individual or separates blood into components by physical processes shall affix to each container of such blood or components a label in a form specified by the Department of Public Health which shall include an indication of whether the blood was obtained by purchase or donation.   The director of any blood bank who obtains blood in this state from a federally licensed blood bank in another state may label such blood as donated blood if he can legally certify to that fact. If he cannot make such certification, he shall label the blood as blood acquired by purchase.    (Ga. L. 1976, p. 353, § 4; 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 § 31-24-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 24 - Blood Labeling|§ 31-24-5. Transfusion of Unlabeled Blood; Identification of Blood Administered by Transfusion

  No person may administer blood by transfusion in this state or transfer or offer to transfer blood for transfusion purposes by any type of transaction unless the container of such blood is labeled as required by Code Section 31-24-4.   When blood is administered by transfusion in this state, the identification number of the unit of blood shall be recorded in the patient's medical record, and the label on the container of such blood may not be removed before or during the administration of that blood by transfusion.    (Ga. L. 1976, p. 353, § 5.)
GA Code § 31-24-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 24 - Blood Labeling|§ 31-24-6. Transfer of Blood and Blood Components for Industrial Use

 Blood and blood components, including salvage plasma, may be used and transferred for industrial uses without regard to whether its original acquisition was by purchase or donation.   (Ga. L. 1976, p. 353, § 6.)
GA Code § 31-24-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 24 - Blood Labeling|§ 31-24-7. Administration of Chapter

 The department shall administer this chapter as a part of and using the procedures of Chapter 22 of this title.   (Ga. L. 1976, p. 353, § 7.)
GA Code § 31-24-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 24 - Blood Labeling|§ 31-24-8. Penalty

 Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   (Ga. L. 1976, p. 353, § 8.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Liability of blood supplier or donor for injury or death resulting from blood transfusion, 24 A.L.R.4th 508.   Liability for donee's contraction of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) from blood transfusion, 64 A.L.R.5th 333.
GA Code § 31-25-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 25 - Articles of Bedding|§ 31-25-1. Through 31-25-13

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1339, § 1, effective July 1, 1997.   Editor's notes.   - This chapter consisted of Code Sections 31-25-1 through 31-25-13, relating to articles of bedding, and was based on Ga. L. 1937, p. 719, §§ 1-7, 9, 11, 13; Code 1933, §§ 88-801 - 88-817, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015, § 503; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 31; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94 § 31.
GA Code § 31-26-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 26 - Practice of Midwifery|§ 31-26-1. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the term:    "Midwife" means any person not licensed under the laws of this state to practice obstetrics who is regularly engaged in attending women in childbirth or who holds himself or herself out as such, whether or not for consideration.   "Normal childbirth" means delivery, at or close to term, of a pregnant woman whose physical examination by a physician reveals no abnormalities and who does not have signs or symptoms of hemorrhage, toxemia, infection, abnormal position or presentation, or prolonged labor.   "Practice of midwifery" means and includes any act or practice of attending women in childbirth when engaged in by a midwife, whether or not for consideration.    (Ga. L. 1955, p. 252, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-1401, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 61 Am. Jur. 2d, Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Healers, §§ 21, 46.   C.J.S.   - 70 C.J.S., Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Health Care Providers, §§ 1 et seq., 12 et seq.
GA Code § 31-26-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 26 - Practice of Midwifery|§ 31-26-2. Requirement of Certificate; Application; Educational Requirements; Issuance, Suspension, and Revocation

  No person shall practice midwifery without first receiving from the Department of Public Health a certificate of authority as provided in this Code section and registering his or her name, address, and occupation with the county board of health and the local registrar, as defined in Code Section 31-10-2, of vital statistics in the county and district in which he or she lives.   Persons desiring to enter into or continue the practice of midwifery shall make written application to the department through the county board of health in the county of their residence. All applicants for permits to practice midwifery shall be of good character and sound mind, shall be free of tuberculosis, sexually transmitted diseases, and other communicable diseases in the infectious stage, and shall be protected against smallpox.   In order to become eligible for a certificate of authority to practice midwifery, applicants shall attend classes and satisfactorily complete courses of instruction therein to be prescribed by the department and shall pass an examination covering such courses. Such applicants shall also pass such physical examinations or, in the alternative, provide such evidence with regard to their personal health as the department may require.   The department or any county board of health designated by the department shall issue, or refuse to issue, or, having issued, may suspend or revoke certificates of authority to practice midwifery under and in accordance with this chapter and such rules and regulations as may be issued and promulgated under this chapter. Certificates issued under this chapter shall be renewable annually at such time and in such manner as prescribed by the department. Suspension and revocation of certificates shall be subject to the administrative procedures contained in Article 1 of Chapter 5 of this title.    (Ga. L. 1955, p. 252, §§ 2-5; Code 1933, §§ 88-1402, 88-1403, 88-1404, 88-1405, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 31; 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" in the second sentence of subsection (b).   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.   - 61 Am. Jur. 2d, Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Healers, §§ 21, 46.   C.J.S.   - 70 C.J.S., Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Health Care Providers, § 12 et seq.
GA Code § 31-26-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 26 - Practice of Midwifery|§ 31-26-3. Rules and Regulations

 The department shall have the authority and power to adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as may appear necessary and proper to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including, but not limited to, minimum educational and physical requirements for midwives and procedures and techniques to be employed and ethics to be observed in the practice of midwifery. The several county boards of health shall have the authority and power to adopt and promulgate supplementary rules and regulations consistent with those adopted and promulgated by the department.   (Ga. L. 1955, p. 252, § 7; Code 1933, § 88-1406, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 61 Am. Jur. 2d, Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Healers, §§ 21, 46.   C.J.S.   - 70 C.J.S., Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Health Care Providers, § 12 et seq.
GA Code § 31-26-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 26 - Practice of Midwifery|§ 31-26-4. Conduct Prohibited of Certificate Holders

 A certificate issued under this chapter shall not confer upon any person the right to practice medicine; to prescribe or administer drugs; to undertake charge of abnormal cases of confinement or of any disease in connection with confinement; or to assume any name, title, or designation implying that such person is authorized by law to undertake charge of any such cases, or to practice medicine, or to administer drugs.   (Ga. L. 1955, p. 252, § 8; Code 1933, § 88-1407, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 61 Am. Jur. 2d, Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Healers, §§ 21, 46.   C.J.S.   - 70 C.J.S., Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Health Care Providers, § 12 et seq.
GA Code § 31-26-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 26 - Practice of Midwifery|§ 31-26-5. Attendance at Other Than Normal Childbirth; Prohibited Procedures; Conduct in Event of Complications

 It shall be unlawful for any person holding a certificate as a midwife to attend any cases other than those of normal childbirth or to perform any internal examinations or manipulations of any kind. In all cases in which the child is not delivered spontaneously within a reasonable time, the midwife shall notify a qualified physician immediately and shall make no effort to deliver the child except under direction and supervision of such physician.   (Ga. L. 1955, p. 252, § 9; Code 1933, § 88-1408, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 61 Am. Jur. 2d, Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Healers, §§ 21, 46.   C.J.S.   - 70 C.J.S., Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Health Care Providers, § 12 et seq.
GA Code § 31-26-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 26 - Practice of Midwifery|§ 31-26-6. Enforcement

 The department and county boards of health and their duly authorized agents are authorized and empowered to enforce compliance with this chapter and rules and regulations adopted and promulgated under this chapter, as provided in Article 1 of Chapter 5 of this title.   (Ga. L. 1955, p. 252, § 10; Code 1933, § 88-1409, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 31.)