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GA Code § 31-17-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 17 - Control of Sexually Transmitted Disease|§ 31-17-3. Examination and Treatment by Health Authorities

 The authorized agent or agents of the Department of Public Health and county boards of health are directed and empowered, when in their judgment it is necessary to protect the public health, to make examination of persons infected or suspected of being infected with a sexually transmitted disease; to require persons infected with a sexually transmitted disease to report for treatment to a physician licensed to practice medicine under Chapter 34 of Title 43 and to continue treatment until cured, or to submit to treatment provided at public expense; and to isolate persons infected or reasonably suspected of being infected with a sexually transmitted disease. Law enforcement authorities of the jurisdiction wherein any such person so infected or suspected of being infected is located shall offer such assistance, including restraint and arrest, as shall be necessary to assure examination and treatment in accordance with this chapter.   (Ga. L. 1918, p. 275, § 3; Code 1933, § 88-503; Code 1933, § 88-1604, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 6, § 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; Ga. L. 2021, p. 922, § 31/HB 497.)    The 2020 amendment,  effective July 1, 2020, substituted "sexually transmitted" for "venereal" three times in the first sentence.    The 2021 amendment,  effective May 10, 2021, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted "with a sexually transmitted disease" for "with sexually transmitted disease" throughout this Code section.   Cross references.   - Blood test recommendation for persons applying for marriage license, § 19-3-40.   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 147 (2011).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in State v. Morrow, 175 Ga. App. 743, 334 S.E.2d 344 (1985).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 39 Am. Jur. 2d, Habeas Corpus and Postconviction Remedies, § 70. 39 Am. Jur. 2d, Health, § 63.   C.J.S.   - 16D C.J.S., Constitutional Law, § 2074. 39A C.J.S., Health and Environment, § 29 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 § 31-17-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 17 - Control of Sexually Transmitted Disease|§ 31-17-4. Serologic Tests of Pregnant Women

 The department may require every pregnant woman to submit to a standard serologic test, as defined by the department, and may require any person attending or giving prenatal care to such woman to take or cause to be taken a blood specimen for use in such test. Such specimens shall be submitted for laboratory testing in the manner prescribed by the department; and all laboratories conducting such tests shall comply with the rules, regulations, and reporting requirements prescribed therefor by the department.   (Ga. L. 1943, p. 599, §§ 1, 2; Code 1933, § 88-1606, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   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 § 31-17-4.2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 17 - Control of Sexually Transmitted Disease|§ 31-17-4.2. Hiv and Syphilis Pregnancy Screening

  This Code section shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia HIV/Syphilis Pregnancy Screening Act of 2015."   Every physician and health care provider who assumes responsibility for the prenatal care of a pregnant woman during gestation and at delivery shall be required to test such pregnant woman for HIV and syphilis except in cases where the woman refuses the testing. Additionally, every physician and health care provider who provides prenatal care of a pregnant woman during the third trimester of gestation shall offer to test such pregnant woman for HIV and syphilis at the time of first examination during that trimester or as soon as possible thereafter, regardless of whether such testing was performed during the first two trimesters of her pregnancy.   If at the time of delivery there is no written evidence that an HIV test or a syphilis test has been performed, the physician or other health care provider in attendance at the delivery shall order that a test for HIV, syphilis, or both be administered at the time of the delivery except in cases where the woman refuses the testing; provided, however, that if available documentation indicates that a test for HIV and syphilis was already performed during the third trimester of her pregnancy in accordance with subsection (b) of this Code section, and the woman does not disclose when questioned any activities posing a risk for infection with HIV or syphilis occurring more recently than would have been detected by such test, the physician or health care provider in attendance at the delivery is not required to order such additional test.   The woman shall be notified of the test to be conducted and shall have the opportunity to refuse the test. A pregnant woman shall submit to an HIV test and a syphilis test pursuant to this Code section unless she specifically refuses. If the woman tests positive for HIV or syphilis, counseling services provided by the Department of Public Health shall be made available to her and she shall be referred to appropriate medical care providers for herself and her child.   If for any reason the pregnant woman is not tested for HIV and syphilis, that fact shall be recorded in the patient's records, which, if based upon the refusal of the patient, shall relieve the physician or other health care provider of any other responsibility under this Code section.   The Department of Public Health shall be authorized to promulgate rules and regulations for the purpose of administering the requirements under this Code section.     (Code 1981, §31-17-4.2, enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 173, § 1/HB 429; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-4/HB 228; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 6-3/HB 214; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1346, § 1/HB 436; Ga. L. 2016, p. 752, § 1/HB 1058.)   Cross references.   - Control of HIV, T. 31, C. 17A.    HIV tests, generally, § 31-22-9.2.   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 147 (2011).
GA Code § 31-17-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 17 - Control of Sexually Transmitted Disease|§ 31-17-5. Prophylactic Treatment at Childbirth

 It shall be the duty of any person who shall be in attendance on any childbirth to apply to the child such prophylactic treatment as may be prescribed by the department to prevent blindness from gonococcus infection and otherwise to comply with such rules, regulations, and reporting requirements as shall be prescribed by the department.   (Code 1933, § 88-1605, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   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 § 31-17-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 17 - Control of Sexually Transmitted Disease|§ 31-17-6. Regulation of Laboratories

 All laboratories conducting tests for sexually transmitted diseases shall comply with the rules, regulations, and reporting requirements prescribed therefor by the department.   (Code 1933, § 88-1603, 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" near the middle of this Code section.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 39A C.J.S., Health and Environment, §§ 28 et seq., 43.
GA Code § 31-17-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 17 - Control of Sexually Transmitted Disease|§ 31-17-7. Consent of Minor to Medical or Surgical Care or Services; Informing Spouse, Parent, Custodian, or Guardian

  The consent to the provision of medical or surgical care or services by a hospital or public clinic or to the performance of medical or surgical care or services by a physician licensed to practice medicine and surgery, when such consent is given by a minor who is or professes to be afflicted with a sexually transmitted disease or at risk for HIV, shall be as valid and binding as if the minor had achieved his or her majority, provided that any such treatment shall involve procedures and therapy related to conditions or illnesses arising out of the sexually transmitted disease or HIV diagnosis which gave rise to the consent authorized under this Code section. Any such consent shall not be subject to later disaffirmation by reason of minority. The consent of no other person or persons, including but not limited to a spouse, parent, custodian, or guardian, shall be necessary in order to authorize the provision to such minor of such medical or surgical care or services as are described in this subsection.   Upon the advice and direction of a treating physician or, if more than one, of any one of them, a member of the medical staff of a hospital or public clinic or a physician licensed to practice medicine and surgery may, but shall not be obligated to, inform the spouse, parent, custodian, or guardian of any such minor as to the treatment given or needed. Such information may be given to or withheld from the spouse, parent, custodian, or guardian without the consent of the minor patient and even over the express refusal of the minor patient to the providing of such information.    (Ga. L. 1971, p. 337, §§ 2, 3; Ga. L. 2016, p. 752, § 2/HB 1058; Ga. L. 2020, p. 55, § 8/SB 372.)    The 2020 amendment,  effective July 1, 2020, substituted "sexually transmitted" for "venereal" twice in the first sentence of subsection (a).   Cross references.   - Consent for surgical or medical treatment generally, T. 31, C. 9.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 59 Am. Jur. 2d, Parent and Child, § 65.
GA Code § 31-17-7.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 17 - Control of Sexually Transmitted Disease|§ 31-17-7.1. Expedited Partner Therapy

  As used in this Code section, the term:   "Expedited partner therapy" means the practice of prescribing, ordering, or dispensing antibiotic drugs to the sexual partner or partners of a patient clinically diagnosed with chlamydia or gonorrhea without physical examination of such partner or partners.   "Licensed practitioner" means a physician licensed to practice medicine in this state, an advanced practice registered nurse or physician assistant acting pursuant to delegated authority by a physician in accordance with Code Section 43-34-23 or 43-34-25 or subsection (e.1) of Code Section 43-34-103, or a registered professional nurse employed by the department or a county board of health.     A licensed practitioner who diagnoses a patient to be infected with chlamydia or gonorrhea may utilize expedited partner therapy in accordance with any rules and regulations established by the department for the management of the health of such patient's sexual partner or partners.   Any licensed practitioner who, reasonably and in good faith, prescribes antibiotic drugs for expedited partner therapy in accordance with this Code section and any rules and regulations established by the department shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability and shall not be deemed to have engaged in unprofessional conduct by such practitioner's licensing board.   Any pharmacist licensed in this state who, reasonably and in good faith, dispenses antibiotic drugs pursuant to a prescription for expedited partner therapy in accordance with this Code section and any rules and regulations established by the department shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability and shall not be deemed to have engaged in unprofessional conduct by the State Board of Pharmacy.   The department shall be authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Code section.     (Code 1981, §31-17-7.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 764, § 3-2/SB 193.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2017, p. 764, § 1-1/SB 193, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "The General Assembly finds that:   "(1) Untreated chlamydial infection has been linked to problems during pregnancy, including preterm labor, premature rupture of membranes, and low birth weight. The newborn may also become infected during delivery as the baby passes through the birth canal. Exposed newborns can develop eye and lung infections; and   "(2) Untreated gonococcal infection in pregnancy has been linked to miscarriages, premature birth and low birth weight, premature rupture of membranes, and chorioamnionitis. Gonorrhea can also infect an infant during delivery as the infant passes through the birth canal. If untreated, infants can develop eye infections."
GA Code § 31-17-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 17 - Control of Sexually Transmitted Disease|§ 31-17-8. Penalty

 Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated under this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   (Code 1933, § 88-1607, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 31.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   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 § 31-17A-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 17A - Control of Hiv|§ 31-17A-1. Hiv Deemed Dangerous to Public Health

  Any term used in this chapter and defined in Code Section 31-22-9.1 shall have the meaning provided for such term in Code Section 31-22-9.1.   HIV and the degenerative diseases associated with it are declared to be contagious, infectious, communicable, and extremely dangerous to the public health.     (Code 1981, §31-17A-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1799, § 7.)
GA Code § 31-17A-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 17A - Control of Hiv|§ 31-17A-2. Examination of Infected Persons; Administration of Hiv Test

 The authorized agent or agents of the Department of Public Health are directed and empowered, when in their judgment it is necessary to protect the public health, to make examinations of persons infected or suspected of being infected with HIV and to administer an HIV test with the consent of the person being tested. In the event the person infected or suspected of being infected with HIV refuses to consent to the administration of an HIV test, the authorized agent or agents of the Department of Public Health are authorized to petition the court for an order authorizing the administration of an HIV test pursuant to the procedure set forth in Code Section 31-17A-3.    (Code 1981, §31-17A-2, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1799, § 7; 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).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Damage action for HIV testing without consent of person tested, 77 A.L.R.5th 541.
GA Code § 31-17A-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 17A - Control of Hiv|§ 31-17A-3. Refusal to Consent to Test; Procedure

  If a person refuses to consent to an HIV test, as provided in Code Section 31-17A-2, the Department of Public Health may file a civil complaint with the superior court of the county of the residence of the person refusing the test. The complaint shall allege with specificity the basis for the allegations which the department believes support the conclusion that the person is infected with HIV, as well as the scope, nature, and threat to the public health created thereby, and the proposed plan to be adopted to protect the public health in the event the court orders the administration of the HIV test and the person is found to be an HIV infected person. The person against whom the complaint is filed shall be represented by counsel, and, in the event the person against whom the complaint is filed cannot afford counsel, counsel shall be appointed by the court.   The superior court shall hear the complaint on an expedited basis without a jury. All proceedings before the court shall be sealed.   If after consideration of the evidence, the court finds clear and convincing evidence that the person is reasonably likely to be infected with HIV and that there is a compelling need to protect the public health, the court may order the person to submit to an HIV test, shall retain jurisdiction to render such orders as are appropriate to effectuate that order, and, in the event the person so tested is determined to be infected with HIV, to require such procedures to protect the public health consistent with the least restrictive alternative which is available within the limits of state funds specifically appropriated therefor.     (Code 1981, §31-17A-3, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1799, § 7; 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 § 31-17A-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 17A - Control of Hiv|§ 31-17A-4. Pilot Program for Preexposure Prophylaxis Drug Assistance or Services

  The department shall conduct a three-year pilot program for the purpose of providing preexposure prophylaxis drug assistance or services to persons who have tested negative for the HIV infection but who have risk factors that expose them to HIV. The pilot program shall be conducted in counties identified by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as at risk of outbreaks of HIV as a result of a high rate of opioid related use or in such other counties as determined by the department. In designing the pilot program, the department may obtain advisement and consultation from county health departments in counties in this state that have an existing preexposure prophylaxis drug assistance program or related services.   The pilot program shall provide assistance for preexposure prophylaxis medications approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration and for medical, laboratory, and outreach costs incurred in treatment. The department shall establish benchmark data at the beginning of the pilot program which shall be compared to data at the end of such pilot program to measure the effectiveness of such program. Participants in the pilot program shall be subject to clinical guidelines established by the department consistent with guidance from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which may include, but not be limited to, regular HIV testing, education information, sexually transmitted infection testing, and supportive services. Education information may be provided in writing, orally, or both.   The department shall be authorized to solicit and accept grants of funding or in-kind services for use in conducting the pilot program.   The department is authorized to establish such rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement the pilot program.   No later than December 31, 2022, the department shall submit a detailed written report on the implementation and effectiveness of the pilot program to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the chairpersons of the House Committee on Health and Human Services and the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. Such report shall also include recommendations as to expansion of the pilot program state wide.     (Code 1981, §31-17A-4, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 199, § 1/HB 290; Ga. L. 2021, p. 922, § 31/HB 497.)    The 2021 amendment,  effective May 10, 2021, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted "state wide" for "state-wide" at the end of the last sentence of subsection (e).   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2019, p. 199, § 2/HB 290, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that this Code section becomes effective only when funds are specifically appropriated for purposes of the Act in an Appropriations Act making specific reference to that Act. Funds were appropriated during the 2020 session of the General Assembly.
GA Code § 31-18-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 18 - Registry for Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries|§ 31-18-1. Declaration of Policy

 It is the intent of the General Assembly to create a state-wide central registry for traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries to ensure the registration of all persons with traumatic brain or spinal cord injuries in order that all such persons might obtain information about rehabilitative, independent living, and other services or goods provided by existing state agencies, departments, other organizations, and individuals.   (Code 1933, § 88-3401, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1245, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 871, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 10, § 31; Ga. L. 2006, p. 175, § 1/SB 208.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2006, "central registry for traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries" was substituted for "Central Registry for Traumatic Brain and Spinal Injuries".
GA Code § 31-18-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 18 - Registry for Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries|§ 31-18-2. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the term:    "Brain injury" means a traumatic injury to the brain (cranio-cerebral head trauma), not of a degenerative or congenital nature, but arising from blunt or penetrating trauma or from acceleration-deceleration forces, that is associated with any of these symptoms or signs attributed to the injury: decreased level of consciousness, amnesia, other neurologic or neuropsychologic abnormalities, skull fracture, or diagnosed intracranial lesions. These impairments may be either temporary or permanent and can result in a partial or total functional disability.   "Spinal cord injury" means a traumatic injury to the spinal cord, not of a degenerative or congenital nature, but arising from blunt or penetrating trauma or from acceleration-deceleration forces, resulting in paraplegia or quadriplegia, which can be a partial or total loss of physical function.    (Code 1933, § 88-3402, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1245, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 871, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 175, § 1/SB 208.)
GA Code § 31-18-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 18 - Registry for Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries|§ 31-18-3. Reporting Procedures

 Every public and private health and social agency, every hospital or facility that has a valid permit or provisional permit issued by the Department of Community Health under Chapter 7 of this title, and every physician licensed to practice medicine in this state, if such physician has not otherwise reported such information to another agency, hospital, and facility, shall report to the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Commission such information concerning the identity of the person such agency, hospital, facility, or physician has identified as having a traumatic brain or spinal cord injury as defined in this chapter. The report shall be made within 45 days after identification of the person with the traumatic brain or spinal cord injury. The report shall contain the name, age, address, type and extent of injury, and such other information concerning the person with the injury as the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Commission, which is administratively assigned to the department, may require.   (Code 1933, § 88-3403, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1245, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1027, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 871, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 1107, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 175, § 1/SB 208; Ga. L. 2008, p. 12, § 2-29/SB 433.)