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GA Code § 31-1-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 31-1-1. Definitions

 Except as specifically provided otherwise, as used in this title, the term:    "Board" means the Board of Public Health.   "Commissioner" means the commissioner of public health.   "Department" means the Department of Public Health.     (Code 1981, §31-1-1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 12, § 2-7/SB 433; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-2/HB 228; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 3-5/HB 214.)   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was created as part of the Code revision and was thus enacted by Ga. L. 1981, Ex. Sess., p. 8 (Code enactment Act).   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 147 (2011).
GA Code § 31-1-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 31-1-2. Use of Flammable Materials in Eyeglass Frames; Delivery of Completed Work by Offices, Companies, or Laboratories; Penalty

  No person shall distribute, sell, exchange, deliver, or have in his possession with intent to distribute, sell, exchange, or deliver in this state any prescription eyeglass frame or prescription sunglass frame containing any form of cellulose nitrate or other highly flammable material.   Optical offices, manufacturing companies, or laboratories which prepare lenses for prescription eyeglasses or sunglasses, including industrial safety eyewear, and which perform mechanical work upon inert materials in the preparation of such eyeglasses or sunglasses shall in every case deliver the completed product of their efforts only to the physician, optometrist, or licensed dispensing optician who ordered the work performed.   Any person who violates any provision of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as follows: the first offense shall be punished by a fine of not more than $200.00; each subsequent offense shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500.00.    (Code 1933, §§ 92A-1901, 92A-9931, enacted by Ga. L. 1970, p. 30, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1973, p. 746, § 1; Ga. L. 1974, p. 515, §§ 1, 2.)   Cross references.   - Dispensing opticians, T. 43, C. 29.   Optometrists, T. 43, C. 30.    Physicians, § 43-34-20 et seq.   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    Statute applies only to prescription sunglass frames.  1971 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 71-156.   Noncorrective sunglasses.   - General Assembly did not intend that plain noncorrective sunglasses should have safety lenses. 1971 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 71-156.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 61 Am. Jur. 2d, Physicians and Surgeons, and Other Healers, §§ 250, 251.   C.J.S.   - 25 C.J.S., Customs and Usages, § 56 et seq.
GA Code § 31-1-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 31-1-3. Detection of Hearing Impairments in Infants; Evaluations

  It shall be the public policy of this state that newborn infants in certain high-risk categories be evaluated for the detection of hearing impairments in order to prevent many of the consequences of these disorders.   The department shall develop guidelines for evaluation and follow-up procedures for the detection of hearing impairments in infants determined by the department to be in those high-risk categories in which the likelihood of such impairments is greatest and shall develop rules and regulations to ensure that all such high-risk infants are evaluated within one year of their birth. No such evaluation shall be made as to any newborn infant if the parents or legal guardian of the child objects thereto on the grounds that such a test would conflict with their religious tenets or practices.    (Code 1933, §§ 88-3301a, 88-3302a, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1726, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 39 Am. Jur. 2d, Health, §§ 14, 15.
GA Code § 31-1-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 31-1-4. Penalties for False Representation, Impersonation

  Any person who shall make, utter, execute, or submit to the department or to any county board of health any oral or written representation, knowing the same to be false, for the purpose of obtaining anything of value, including any service, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   Any person who shall impersonate or otherwise falsely hold himself out to any other person as an agent of the department or of any county board of health shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.    (Ga. L. 1950, p. 222, §§ 1, 2; Code 1933, §§ 88-9901, 88-9902, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Impersonating public officers or employees generally, § 16-10-23.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Abel v. State, 190 Ga. 651, 10 S.E.2d 198 (1940).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 39 Am. Jur. 2d, Health, § 21.
GA Code § 31-1-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 31-1-5. Compensation of Employees for Damage to Wearing Apparel Caused by Patients

  As used in this Code section, the term "wearing apparel" includes eyeglasses, hearing aids, clothing, and similar items worn on the person of the employee.   When action by a patient in one of the institutions operated by the department results in damage to an item of wearing apparel of an employee of the institution, the department shall compensate the employee for the loss in the amount of either the repair cost or the replacement value or the cost of the item of wearing apparel, whichever is less. Such losses shall be compensated only in accordance with procedures to be established by the department, and no compensation shall be made by the department in excess of $500.00 per claim.    (Code 1933, § 88-2411, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 854, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 279.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 386 et seq.
GA Code § 31-1-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 31-1-6. Reuse of Heart Pacemakers

  As used in this Code section, the term:   "Heart pacemaker" means any electrical device which stimulates the heart muscle so that it contracts at a certain or regular rate.   "Medically acceptable" means conforming to prevailing medical standards of cleanliness and manufacturers' applicable standards for functional operation.   "Person" includes the following:   Any hospital, surgeon, or physician;   Any accredited medical school, college, or university;   Any licensed, accredited, or approved bank or storage facility of human bodies or parts; or   Any specified individual needing implantation of a heart pacemaker.       Any person, as defined in subsection (a) of this Code section, shall be authorized to receive and reuse a heart pacemaker, provided that such device is medically acceptable for its proposed reuse.   This Code section shall not apply to the receipt and reuse of a nuclear-powered pacemaker.     (Code 1981, §31-1-6, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1034, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Anatomical gifts, § 44-5-140 et seq.    Disposition of heart pacemakers, § 53-4-73.
GA Code § 31-1-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 31-1-7. Marking of Dentures and Other Removable Dental Prostheses for Identification

  Every complete upper and lower denture and removable permanent partial denture fabricated by a dentist licensed in Georgia shall be marked with the name or social security number of the patient for whom it is intended. The marking shall be done during fabrication and shall be permanent, legible, and cosmetically acceptable. The exact location of the marking and the methods used to apply or implant it shall be determined by the dentist.   If, in the professional judgment of the dentist, this marking is not practicable, the marking shall be as follows:   The initials of the patient may be shown if the use of the full name or social security number is impossible; or   The marking may be omitted entirely if none of the markings so specified are practical or clinically safe.     Any removable dental prosthesis in existence prior to July 1, 1988, shall be marked in accordance with this Code section at the time of any subsequent rebasing.   It shall be the duty of the Georgia Board of Dentistry to notify each person licensed to practice dentistry in this state of the requirements of this Code section.Such notification shall be mailed to the address of record of each person licensed to practice dentistry in this state.     (Code 1981, §31-1-7, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 742, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 600, §§ 1, 2.)
GA Code § 31-1-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 31-1-8. Notice of Proposed Special Facility

  For the purposes of this Code section, the term "special facility" means any of the following facilities:   A facility utilized for the diagnosis, care, treatment, or hospitalization of persons who are alcoholics, drug dependent individuals, or drug users as defined in paragraph (11) of Code Section 37-7-1; or   A facility operated by the Department of Human Services and used for the treatment and residence of delinquent children, provided such facility affords secure custody.     At least 30 days prior to the expenditure of state funds for any new or additional special facility by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities or the Department of Human Services or an agency or board of health contracting with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities or the Department of Human Services, such department or such agency or board shall notify the governing authority of the county and any municipality wherein the special facility is to be located and each member of the General Assembly whose Senate or House district includes any part of the property upon which the facility is to be located.Such notification shall include a description of the proposed special facility, including its proposed location, the category of patients or persons to be confined therein, and the maximum number of patients or persons to be so confined.The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities or the Department of Human Services shall include such requirements in all departmental contracts entered into with such boards or agencies.     (Code 1981, §31-1-8, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2120, § 1.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2009, in paragraph (a)(2), "Department of Human Services" was substituted for "department", and, in subsection (b), "Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities or the Department of Human Services" was substituted for "Department of Human Resources" three times, and "such department" was substituted for "the department" in the first sentence.
GA Code § 31-1-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 31-1-9. Breast-Feeding of Baby

 The breast-feeding of a baby is an important and basic act of nurture which should be encouraged in the interests of maternal and child health. A mother may breast-feed her baby in any location where the mother and baby are otherwise authorized to be.    (Code 1981, §31-1-9, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 464, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1139, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Newborn Baby and Mother Protection Act, § 33-24-58.    Employer obligation to provide time for women to express breast milk for infant child, § 34-1-6.   Law reviews.   - For note on the 2002 amendment of this Code section, see 19 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 209 (2002).
GA Code § 31-1-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 31-1-10. State Health Officer; Duties

  The position of state health officer is created. The Governor may appoint the commissioner of public health to serve simultaneously as the state health officer or may appoint another individual to serve as state health officer. Such officer shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. An individual appointed to serve as state health officer shall be licensed to practice medicine in this state.   The state health officer shall:   Perform such health emergency preparedness and response duties as assigned by the Governor; and   Be authorized to issue a standing order prescribing an opioid antagonist, as such term is defined in Code Section 26-4-116.2, on a state-wide basis under conditions that he or she determines to be in the best interest of this state.       (Code 1981, §31-1-10, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-3/HB 228; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 3-6/HB 214; Ga. L. 2017, p. 22, § 5/SB 121; Ga. L. 2017, p. 319, § 3-2/HB 249.)    The 2017 amendments.  The first 2017 amendment, effective May 18, 2017, added the fourth sentence of subsection (a), and substituted the present provisions of subsection (b) for the former provisions, which read: "The state health officer shall perform such health emergency preparedness and response duties as assigned by the Governor." The second 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, made identical changes.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2017, p. 22, § 1/SB 121, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Jeffrey Dallas Gay, Jr., Act.'"   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 147 (2011). For article on the 2017 amendment of this Code section, see 34 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 143 (2017).
GA Code § 31-1-12 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 31-1-12. Hospitals to Provide Educational Information to Parents of Newborns Regarding Pertussis Disease and Availability of a Vaccine

  During the postpartum period and prior to discharge, each hospital shall provide parents of newborns educational information on pertussis disease and the availability of a vaccine to protect against such disease. Such educational information shall include, but not be limited to, information on the recommendation by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that parents of newborns receive the vaccination during the postpartum period to protect the newborns from the transmission of pertussis.   Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to require any hospital to provide or pay for any vaccination against pertussis.     (Code 1981, §31-1-12, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 704, § 1/HB 249.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2011, Code Section 31-1-12, as enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 2-1, was redesignated as Code Section 31-1-13.   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2011 enactment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 147 (2011). For article, "Health: Department of Public Health," see 28 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 147 (2011).
GA Code § 31-1-16 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 31-1-16. Reporting Information Concerning Nurses Holding Multistate Licenses

 The Board of Community Health shall require health care providers and entities that employ one or more nurses holding a multistate license pursuant to Article 4 of Chapter 26 of Title 43 for 30 days or more in a calendar year to report to such board the name, address, and duration of employment of each such nurse in a form and pursuant to a schedule established by such board. The Board of Community Health shall provide such information to the Georgia Board of Nursing.    (Code 1981, §31-1-16, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 219, § 7/SB 168.)
GA Code § 31-1-17 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 31-1-17. Notification of Dense Breast Tissue

  As used in this Code section, the term:   "Dense breast tissue" means heterogeneously or extremely dense breast tissue based on nationally recognized guidelines or systems for breast imaging reporting of mammography including, but not limited to, the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System established by the American College of Radiology.   "Health care facility" means a hospital, outpatient department, clinic, radiology practice, or mobile unit; an office of a physician; or other medical facility.     If a patient's mammogram demonstrates dense breast tissue, the health care facility that conducted the mammogram shall provide notification to the patient that includes, but is not limited to, the following information, in the summary of the results of a mammography examination that is sent directly to a patient pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 263b:  "Your mammogram shows that your breast tissue is dense. Dense breast tissue is very common and is not abnormal. However, dense breast tissue can make it more difficult to detect cancer through a mammogram. Also, dense breast tissue may increase your risk for breast cancer. This information about the result of your mammogram is given to you to increase your awareness. Use this information to talk with your health care provider about whether other supplemental tests in addition to your mammogram may be appropriate for you, based on your individual risk. A report of your results was sent to your ordering physician. If you are self-referred, a report of your results was sent to you in addition to this summary."      (Code 1981, §31-1-17, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 336, § 2/HB 62.)   Cross references.   - Breast cancer patient care, § 33-24-70 et seq.   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2019, this Code Section enacted as Code Section 31-1-16 was redesignated as Code Section 31-1-17.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2019, p. 336, § 1/HB 62, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as 'Margie's Law.'"   U.S. Code.   - Section 263b of 42 U.S.C., referred to in subsection (b), concerns the certification of mammography facilities.
GA Code § 31-1-18 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 31-1-18. Individuals With High Risk for Breast Cancer; Consumer Information

  As used in this Code section, the term "individual with a high risk for breast cancer" means an individual:   With a lifetime risk of breast cancer of 20 percent or greater as according to a risk assessment tool based primarily on family history, such as but not limited to, the Tyrer-Cuzick Version 8.0b model;   With a known BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation based on genetic testing;   Who has not had genetic testing, but has a first-degree relative with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation;   Who has had radiation therapy to the chest between ten and 30 years of age; and   Who has Li-Fraumeni syndrome, Cowden syndrome, or Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome or has a first-degree relative who has any such syndrome.     The department, in consultation with the Georgia Composite Medical Board, shall identify and compile information on factors and pertinent history to identify individuals with a high risk for breast cancer. Such information shall be reviewed annually and updated, if necessary.   The information identified and compiled pursuant to subsection (b) of this Code section shall be posted in a prominent location on the department's website for the purpose of providing consumers with information on pertinent family history and other factors that should be provided to an individual's physician to determine whether someone is an individual with a high risk for breast cancer. Such information shall also be annually distributed by the Georgia Composite Medical Board to all physicians licensed to practice medicine in this state.     (Code 1981, §31-1-18, enacted by Ga. L. 2020, p. 796, § 2/HB 1125.)   Cross references.   - Breast cancer screening coverage for individuals with high risk of breast cancer, § 48-18-4.1.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2020, p. 796, § 1/HB 1125, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as 'Lacee's Law.'"
GA Code § 31-1-20 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 31-1-20. Through 31-1-22

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2005, p. 692, § 1/SB 81, effective July 1, 2005.   Editor's notes.   - These Code sections were based on Ga. L. 1997, p. 1585, § 3; Ga. L. 1998, p. 128, § 31.
GA Code § 31-1-23 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 31-1-23. Blindness Education, Screening, and Treatment Program

    Subject to availability of funds voluntarily donated and transmitted to the department for such purposes pursuant to subsection (e) of Code Section 40-5-25, the department shall develop a blindness education, screening, and treatment program to provide blindness prevention education and to provide screening and treatment for residents who do not have adequate coverage for such services under a health benefit plan.   Funds voluntarily donated and transmitted to the department pursuant to subsection (e) of Code Section 40-5-25 shall be expended only for purposes of the program provided by this Code section.     The program shall provide for:   Public education about blindness and other eye conditions;   Screenings and eye examinations to identify conditions that may cause blindness; and   Treatment procedures necessary to prevent blindness.     The department may contract for program development with any department approved nonprofit organization dealing with regional and community blindness education, eye donor, and vision treatment services.   The department by regulation shall prescribe eligibility requirements for the program.     (Code 1981, §31-1-23, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 537, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Funds for operation of schools for deaf and blind persons, § 20-2-302.   Georgia Industries for the Blind, T. 30, C. 2.    Aid to the blind, § 49-4-50 et seq.