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2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 21 - DEAD BODIES (§§ 31-21-1 — 31-21-45) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 31-21-1 — 31-21-7) › Section 31-21-6 - Notification of law enforcement agency upon disturbance, destruction, or debasement of human remains

(a)
Any person who knows or has reason to believe that interred human remains have been or are being disturbed, destroyed, defaced, mutilated, removed, or exposed without a permit issued pursuant to Code Section
36-72-4
,
12-3-52
, or
12-3-82
or without written permission of the landowner for an archeological excavation on the site by an archeologist or not in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, and any person who accidentally or inadvertently discovers or exposes human remains shall immediately notify the local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction in the area where the human remains are located.
(b)
Any law enforcement agency notified of the discovery or disturbance, destruction, defacing, mutilation, removal, or exposure of interred human remains shall immediately report such notification to the coroner or medical examiner of the county where the human remains are located, who shall determine whether investigation of the death is required under Code Section
45-16-24
. If investigation of the death is not required, the coroner or medical examiner shall immediately notify the local governing authority of the county or municipality in which the remains are found and the Department of Natural Resources. If the remains are believed to be those of one or more aboriginal or prehistoric ancestors of or American Indians, then the Department of Natural Resources shall notify the Council on American Indian Concerns. All land-disturbing activity likely to further disturb the human remains shall cease until:
(1)
The county coroner or medical examiner, after determining that investigation of the death is required, has completed forensic examination of the site;
(2)
A permit is issued for land use change and disturbance pursuant to Code Section
36-72-4
; a permit is issued or a contract is let pursuant to subsection (d) of Code Section
12-3-52
; or written permission is obtained from the landowner for the conduct of an archeological excavation; or
(3)
If such a permit is not sought, the Department of Natural Resources arranges with the landowner for the protection of the remains.
(c)
The provisions of this Code section shall not apply to normal farming activity including, but not limited to, plowing, disking, harvesting, and grazing of livestock.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 21 - DEAD BODIES (§§ 31-21-1 — 31-21-45) › Article 2 - DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED DEAD BODIES (§§ 31-21-20 — 31-21-26) › Section 31-21-20 - Board for the Distribution of Cadavers

The academic deans of medical, osteopathic medical, and dental colleges or a representative appointed by the president of such schools incorporated under the laws of this state or otherwise operating in this state with authorization from the Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission shall constitute the Board for the Distribution of Cadavers to expedite the distribution and delivery of dead bodies described in Code Section
31-21-21
to and among such institutions as are entitled thereto. This board shall have power to establish rules and regulations for its governance and to appoint and remove its officers and shall keep minutes of its transactions. Records shall be kept, under its direction, of all bodies received and distributed, both from within and without this state, and of the persons or institutions to whom they may be distributed, which records shall be open at all times to the inspection of members of this board, any district attorney, or prosecuting attorney of any city or state court. The board shall appoint a member of the board to be chairperson, and such member shall call at least one meeting per year to carry out the responsibilities of the board. For the purposes of this article, the term "board" shall mean the Board for the Distribution of Cadavers.
Amended by 2007 Ga. Laws 246,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2007.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 21 - DEAD BODIES (§§ 31-21-1 — 31-21-45) › Article 2 - DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED DEAD BODIES (§§ 31-21-20 — 31-21-26) › Section 31-21-21 - Delivery to board of certain unclaimed bodies

(a)
All public officers of this state and their assistants and all officers and their deputies of every county, city, town, or other municipality and of every prison, county correctional institution, morgue, public hospital, health care facility, except the Central State Hospital which institution shall have authority to perform autopsies on the dead bodies of persons dying as patients therein in the discretion of the superintendent and medical staff of the institution, having control over any dead human body not dead from contagious or infectious disease and required to be buried at public expense are required to notify the board created under Code Section
31-21-20
or such person as may from time to time be designated in writing by such board for distribution or its duly authorized officer whenever any such body comes into their possession or control. Such officers shall, without fee or reward, deliver the body and allow such board and its duly authorized agents who may comply with this chapter to remove such body and to provide for its use only within this state, solely for the advancement of medical science. No such notice shall be given nor shall any such body be delivered if any person, claiming to be and satisfying the authorities in charge of the body that he or she is of any degree of kin, or is related by marriage to, or socially or otherwise connected with and interested in the deceased, shall claim the body for burial, cremation, or other proper disposition; but it shall be at once surrendered to such person or shall be buried at public expense at the request of such claimant if a relative by blood or a connection by marriage and financially unable to provide burial, cremation, or other proper disposition.
(b)
A body described in subsection (a) of this Code section shall in each and every instance be held and kept by the person or persons having charge or control of it for at least 24 hours after death, before delivery to such board or its agent for distribution, during which period notice of the death of such person shall be posted at the courthouse door of the county in which such body is held.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 21 - DEAD BODIES (§§ 31-21-1 — 31-21-45) › Article 2 - DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED DEAD BODIES (§§ 31-21-20 — 31-21-26) › Section 31-21-22 - Disposition of bodies of travelers dying suddenly

Notice shall not be given nor shall any body be delivered pursuant to Code Section
31-21-21
if the deceased person was a traveler who died suddenly. In such cases, the next of kin shall be notified concerning the disposition of the dead body. If no next of kin is located, or no replies from next of kin are received, or the body is unclaimed within 72 hours, the procedure indicated in this chapter shall apply.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 21 - DEAD BODIES (§§ 31-21-1 — 31-21-45) › Article 2 - DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED DEAD BODIES (§§ 31-21-20 — 31-21-26) › Section 31-21-23 - Distribution of bodies by board

The board for distribution or its duly authorized agent may distribute bodies received pursuant to Code Section
31-21-21
to and among the schools or colleges described in Code Section
31-21-20
for lectures and demonstrations by such schools or colleges. The number assigned to each shall be based upon the number of bona fide students in each dissecting or operative surgery class, which number of students shall be reported by the schools or colleges to the above-specified board at such times as it may direct, provided that the schools or colleges, upon receiving such bodies and before any use is made of them, and without unnecessary mutilation or dissecting, shall cause them to be embalmed properly and preserved carefully and kept for a period of 60 days from the day of receipt and shall deliver them properly prepared for burial, cremation, or other proper disposition to any persons mentioned and described in Code Section
31-21-21
, who shall claim such bodies before the expiration of the period of 60 days and who shall satisfy the officers of the school or college that they are such persons as are entitled under Code Section
31-21-21
to claim such bodies. If, at the expiration of 60 days, such body or bodies have not been claimed for burial in the manner and by the person or persons described in this article, they shall then be used by the schools or colleges for the purposes specified in this article. When the bodies have been so used and are no longer needed or serviceable for the purposes mentioned in this article, they shall be decently interred by the schools or colleges.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 21 - DEAD BODIES (§§ 31-21-1 — 31-21-45) › Article 2 - DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED DEAD BODIES (§§ 31-21-20 — 31-21-26) › Section 31-21-24 - Transportation of bodies

The board for distribution may employ a carrier or carriers for the conveyance of bodies described in Code Section
31-21-21
, which bodies shall be well enclosed in suitable incasements and carefully deposited free from public observation. The carrier or carriers shall obtain receipts containing the deceased's name or, if the person is unknown, a description for each body delivered, and shall deposit such receipts with the secretary of the above board, who shall record and preserve them.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 21 - DEAD BODIES (§§ 31-21-1 — 31-21-45) › Article 2 - DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED DEAD BODIES (§§ 31-21-20 — 31-21-26) › Section 31-21-25 - Bonds

No school or college shall be allowed or permitted to receive any body or bodies described in Code Section
31-21-21
until a bond shall have been given to the Department of Community Health by or in behalf of the school or college by its authorized officers, to be approved by the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the school or college is situated and to be filed in the office of such clerk. The bond shall be in the sum of $5,000.00 and shall be conditioned that the body or bodies received thereafter by the school or college shall be used only in the manner specified in this article and solely for the promotion of medical science in this state. Actions thereon shall be in the name of the Department of Community Health, and any sums recovered shall be deposited in the state treasury.
Amended by 2009 Ga. Laws 102,§ 1-4, eff. 7/1/2009.
Amended by 2007 Ga. Laws 246,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2007.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 21 - DEAD BODIES (§§ 31-21-1 — 31-21-45) › Article 2 - DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED DEAD BODIES (§§ 31-21-20 — 31-21-26) › Section 31-21-26 - Payment of expenses

Neither the state, county, municipality, nor officers thereof shall be placed at any expense by reason of delivery or distribution of bodies; but all expenses thereof shall be borne by those receiving the body or bodies as prescribed by the board for distribution.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 21 - DEAD BODIES (§§ 31-21-1 — 31-21-45) › Article 3 - OFFENSES (§§ 31-21-40 — 31-21-45) › Section 31-21-40 - Omission to perform duties imposed by chapter

Any person having duties imposed upon him by Code Sections
31-21-20
through
31-21-24
who shall refuse or omit to perform such duties shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 21 - DEAD BODIES (§§ 31-21-1 — 31-21-45) › Article 3 - OFFENSES (§§ 31-21-40 — 31-21-45) › Section 31-21-41 - Traffic in human bodies

Any person who shall sell or buy any dead human body or bodies or in any way traffic therein or transmit or convey, or procure the transmission or conveyance of any dead human body or bodies to any place outside of this state for purposes of sale or dissection, shall be punished by imprisonment and labor in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than ten years; provided, however, that the board for the distribution and delivery of dead bodies shall be empowered to make payments to next of kin as burial benefits amounts not exceeding those payable from time to time by the Social Security Administration.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 21 - DEAD BODIES (§§ 31-21-1 — 31-21-45) › Article 3 - OFFENSES (§§ 31-21-40 — 31-21-45) › Section 31-21-42 - Disinterment by coroner without good grounds

If any person makes affidavit to facts to authorize the coroner to disinter a body or the coroner does so of his own motion and such affidavit is made or disinterment carried out without good grounds or from malice or mischief, the person so swearing or the coroner so officiating shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. In such cases, all circumstances shall be considered by the coroner's jury; and, if it believes there were reasonable grounds for the disinterment at the time it took place, it shall be its duty to acquit.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 21 - DEAD BODIES (§§ 31-21-1 — 31-21-45) › Article 3 - OFFENSES (§§ 31-21-40 — 31-21-45) › Section 31-21-43 - Removal of dead body from grave for purposes of sale or dissection

Any person who shall remove a dead human body from any grave or other place of interment or from any vault, tomb, sepulcher, or from any other place for the purpose of selling or dissecting the same and any person who shall receive or purchase any dead human body knowing it to have been so disinterred or removed for the purpose aforesaid shall be punished by imprisonment and labor in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than ten years.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 21 - DEAD BODIES (§§ 31-21-1 — 31-21-45) › Article 3 - OFFENSES (§§ 31-21-40 — 31-21-45) › Section 31-21-44 - Wanton or malicious removal of dead body from grave or disturbance of contents of grave; receipt, retention, disposal, or possession of unlawfully removed dead body or bodily part

(a)
It is unlawful for any person wantonly or maliciously to:
(1)
Remove the dead body of a human being from any grave or other place of interment or from any vault, tomb, or sepulcher; or
(2)
Otherwise disturb the contents of any grave or other place of interment or any vault, tomb, or sepulcher.
(b)
It is unlawful for any person to receive, retain, dispose of, or possess the dead body or any bodily part of a human being knowing it to have been removed unlawfully from any grave or other place of interment or any vault, tomb, or sepulcher. This subsection shall not apply to any person having duties imposed upon that person relating to the possession or disposition of dead bodies while in the performance of said duties, which persons shall include law enforcement personnel, coroners and medical examiners, operators of funeral establishments, cemetery operators, and medical and medical laboratory personnel.
(c)
Any person who violates any provision of this Code section shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than five years, or by both such imprisonment and fine.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 21 - DEAD BODIES (§§ 31-21-1 — 31-21-45) › Article 3 - OFFENSES (§§ 31-21-40 — 31-21-45) › Section 31-21-44.1 - Abuse of dead body

(a)
(1)
A person commits the offense of abuse of a dead body if, prior to interment and except as otherwise authorized by law, such person willfully defaces a dead body while the dead body is lying in state or is prepared for burial, showing, or cremation whether in a funeral establishment, place of worship, home, or other facility for lying in state or at a grave site. The lawful presence of the offender at a place where the dead body is abused shall not be a defense to a prosecution under this Code section.
(2)
A person who is providing care to another person, other than in a hospital, either on a permanent or temporary basis, shall, upon the death of such person while in such person's care, be required to notify a local law enforcement agency or coroner or a relative of such deceased person within six hours of the discovery of the death of such person. Any person who intentionally violates the provisions of this paragraph shall commit the offense of abuse of a dead body.
(b)
Any person who violates subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than three years.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 21 - DEAD BODIES (§§ 31-21-1 — 31-21-45) › Article 3 - OFFENSES (§§ 31-21-40 — 31-21-45) › Section 31-21-44.2 - Throwing away or abandonment of dead bodies prohibited; punishment

(a)
(1)
Any person who throws away or abandons any dead human body or portion of such dead body shall commit the offense of abandonment of a dead body.
(2)
It shall not be an offense under this subsection to make final disposition of a dead human body or portion of such dead body under a death certificate issued under Chapter 10 of this title or the law of another jurisdiction by interment, entombment, inurnment, scattering of cremated remains, burial at sea, or any means otherwise authorized by law; nor shall it be an offense under this subsection for any law enforcement personnel, medical or medical laboratory personnel, hospital personnel, coroner or medical examiner, funeral director, embalmer, crematory operator, or cemetery operator to perform those duties or acts relating to possession or disposition of a dead human body or portion of such dead body which are otherwise imposed or authorized by law or lawful contract; nor shall use of a dead human body or portion of such dead body at or by an accredited medical school, dental school, college, or university for education, research, or advancement of medical or dental science or therapy be an offense under this subsection.
(b)
Any person who commits an offense of abandonment of a dead body as provided by subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than three years.
Added by 2002 Ga. Laws 781, § 1, eff. 5/9/2002.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 21 - DEAD BODIES (§§ 31-21-1 — 31-21-45) › Article 3 - OFFENSES (§§ 31-21-40 — 31-21-45) › Section 31-21-45 - Public exhibit or display of dead human bodies of American Indians or American Indian human remains

(a)
After December 1, 1992, it shall be unlawful to exhibit or display to the public dead human bodies of American Indians or American Indian human remains except in connection with:
(1)
Funeral or burial services;
(2)
Education or instruction as part of a course of study at an accredited university, college, or school; or
(3)
Educational exhibits or displays as may be allowed only with the express written permission of the lineal descendants of the deceased where such descendants can be identified or by the agent of the deceased's estate or, where there is no lineal descendant or agent of the deceased's estate, by the Council on American Indian Concerns created by Code Section
44-12-280
.
(b)
Any person who violates this Code section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than two years.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 22 - CLINICAL LABORATORIES (§§ 31-22-1 — 31-22-13) › Section 31-22-1 - Definitions

As used in this chapter, the term:
(1)
"Certified" means certified by or operating under a certificate of waiver from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services pursuant to the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988.
(2)
"Clinical laboratory" means a facility for the biological, microbiological, serological, chemical, immunohematological, hematological, biophysical, cytological, pathological, or other examination of materials derived from the human body for the diagnosis of, recommendation of treatment of, or for the purposes of providing information for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of any disease or impairment of, or the assessment of the health of human beings.
Amended by 2021 Ga. Laws 223,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2021.
Amended by 2017 Ga. Laws 210,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2017.
Amended by 2016 Ga. Laws 406,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2016.
Amended by 2011 Ga. Laws 244,§ 4-16, eff. 7/1/2011.
Amended by 2009 Ga. Laws 102,§ 1-5, eff. 7/1/2009.
Amended by 2005 Ga. Laws 369,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2005.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 22 - CLINICAL LABORATORIES (§§ 31-22-1 — 31-22-13) › Section 31-22-2 - Certification of clinical laboratories

No clinical laboratory shall be operated in this state unless it is certified.
Amended by 2021 Ga. Laws 223,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2021.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 615,§ 10, eff. 6/3/2010.
Amended by 2009 Ga. Laws 102,§ 1-4, eff. 7/1/2009.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 22 - CLINICAL LABORATORIES (§§ 31-22-1 — 31-22-13) › Section 31-22-3 - [Reserved] Clinical Laboratory, Blood Bank, and Tissue Bank Committee

Repealed and reserved by 2012 Ga. Laws 749,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2012.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 22 - CLINICAL LABORATORIES (§§ 31-22-1 — 31-22-13) › Section 31-22-4 - [Reserved] Examination of human specimens

Amended by 2021 Ga. Laws 223,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2021.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 22 - CLINICAL LABORATORIES (§§ 31-22-1 — 31-22-13) › Section 31-22-5 - [Reserved] Methods for selection of blood donors and collection, storage, and processing of human blood

Amended by 2021 Ga. Laws 223,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2021.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 22 - CLINICAL LABORATORIES (§§ 31-22-1 — 31-22-13) › Section 31-22-6 - Power of board to promulgate rules and regulations

In addition to powers conferred elsewhere in this chapter, the board shall promulgate rules and regulations for the implementation of this chapter.
Amended by 2021 Ga. Laws 223,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2021.
Amended by 2012 Ga. Laws 749,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2012.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 22 - CLINICAL LABORATORIES (§§ 31-22-1 — 31-22-13) › Section 31-22-7 - Reports to department

The department shall require reporting by clinical laboratories of evidence of such infectious diseases as the department may specify and shall furnish forms for such reporting. No clinical laboratory making reports shall be held liable for having violated a trust or confidential relationship. The reports submitted shall be deemed confidential and not subject to public inspection.
Amended by 2021 Ga. Laws 223,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2021.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 22 - CLINICAL LABORATORIES (§§ 31-22-1 — 31-22-13) › Section 31-22-8 - [Reserved] Inspections; evaluation program

Amended by 2021 Ga. Laws 223,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2021.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 22 - CLINICAL LABORATORIES (§§ 31-22-1 — 31-22-13) › Section 31-22-9 - [Reserved] Applicability of chapter

Amended by 2021 Ga. Laws 223,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2021.
Amended by 2018 Ga. Laws 404,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2018.
Amended by 2011 Ga. Laws 245,§ 31, eff. 5/13/2011.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 22 - CLINICAL LABORATORIES (§§ 31-22-1 — 31-22-13) › Section 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.
Amended by 2021 Ga. Laws 223,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2021.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 22 - CLINICAL LABORATORIES (§§ 31-22-1 — 31-22-13) › Section 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.
Amended by 2021 Ga. Laws 223,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2021.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 22 - CLINICAL LABORATORIES (§§ 31-22-1 — 31-22-13) › Section 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.
Amended by 2022 Ga. Laws 782,§ 31, eff. 5/2/2022.
Amended by 2021 Ga. Laws 223,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2021.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 22 - CLINICAL LABORATORIES (§§ 31-22-1 — 31-22-13) › Section 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.
Amended by 2021 Ga. Laws 223,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2021.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 23 - EYE BANKS (§§ 31-23-1 — 31-23-9) › Section 31-23-1 - Definitions

As used in this chapter, the term:
(1)
"Department" means the Department of Community Health.
(2)
"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.
(3)
"Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, trustee, association, or combination thereof.
Amended by 2011 Ga. Laws 244,§ 4-17, eff. 7/1/2011.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 23 - EYE BANKS (§§ 31-23-1 — 31-23-9) › Section 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."
Amended by 2008 Ga. Laws 545,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2008.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 23 - EYE BANKS (§§ 31-23-1 — 31-23-9) › Section 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.
Amended by 2009 Ga. Laws 102,§ 1-4, eff. 7/1/2009.
Amended by 2003 Ga. Laws 92, § 1, eff. 7/1/2003.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 23 - EYE BANKS (§§ 31-23-1 — 31-23-9) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 23 - EYE BANKS (§§ 31-23-1 — 31-23-9) › Section 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

(a)
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.
(b)
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.
(c)
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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 23 - EYE BANKS (§§ 31-23-1 — 31-23-9) › Section 31-23-6 - [Repealed] Removal of eye or corneal tissue

Repealed and Reserved by 2008 Ga. Laws 545,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2008.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 23 - EYE BANKS (§§ 31-23-1 — 31-23-9) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 23 - EYE BANKS (§§ 31-23-1 — 31-23-9) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 23 - EYE BANKS (§§ 31-23-1 — 31-23-9) › Section 31-23-9 - Penalty

(a)
It shall be unlawful:
(1)
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;
(2)
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
(3)
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.
(b)
Any person who violates any provision of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 24 - BLOOD LABELING (§§ 31-24-1 — 31-24-8) › Section 31-24-2 - Definitions

As used in this chapter, the term:
(1)
"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.
(2)
"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.
(3)
"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.
(4)
"Person" means any individual, blood bank, clinical laboratory, hospital, firm, corporation, or any other entity.
(5)
"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.
(6)
"Transfusion" means a use of blood in which the blood is administered to a human being for treatment of sickness or injury.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 24 - BLOOD LABELING (§§ 31-24-1 — 31-24-8) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 24 - BLOOD LABELING (§§ 31-24-1 — 31-24-8) › Section 31-24-4 - Labeling of containers of blood

(a)
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.
(b)
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.
Amended by 2011 Ga. Laws 244,§ 6-3, eff. 7/1/2011.
Amended by 2009 Ga. Laws 102,§ 1-4, eff. 7/1/2009.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 24 - BLOOD LABELING (§§ 31-24-1 — 31-24-8) › Section 31-24-5 - Transfusion of unlabeled blood; identification of blood administered by transfusion

(a)
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
.
(b)
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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 24 - BLOOD LABELING (§§ 31-24-1 — 31-24-8) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 24 - BLOOD LABELING (§§ 31-24-1 — 31-24-8) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 25 - [REPEALED] ARTICLES OF BEDDING (§ 31-25-1) › Section 31-25-1 - through 31-25-13 - [Reserved]

Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1339, § 1, effective July 1, 1997.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 26 - PRACTICE OF MIDWIFERY (§§ 31-26-1 — 31-26-7) › Section 31-26-1 - Definitions

As used in this chapter, the term:
(1)
"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.
(2)
"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.
(3)
"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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 26 - PRACTICE OF MIDWIFERY (§§ 31-26-1 — 31-26-7) › Section 31-26-2 - Requirement of certificate; application; educational requirements; issuance, suspension, and revocation

(a)
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.
(b)
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.
(c)
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.
(d)
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.
Amended by 2020 Ga. Laws 388,§ 8, eff. 7/1/2020.
Amended by 2011 Ga. Laws 244,§ 6-3, eff. 7/1/2011.
Amended by 2009 Ga. Laws 102,§ 1-4, eff. 7/1/2009.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 26 - PRACTICE OF MIDWIFERY (§§ 31-26-1 — 31-26-7) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 26 - PRACTICE OF MIDWIFERY (§§ 31-26-1 — 31-26-7) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 26 - PRACTICE OF MIDWIFERY (§§ 31-26-1 — 31-26-7) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 26 - PRACTICE OF MIDWIFERY (§§ 31-26-1 — 31-26-7) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 26 - PRACTICE OF MIDWIFERY (§§ 31-26-1 — 31-26-7) › Section 31-26-7 - Injunctive relief of violations

Any violation of this chapter or any rules and regulations adopted and promulgated under this chapter is declared to be a public nuisance subject to abatement as provided in Code Section
31-5-9
.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 27 - CONTROL OF MASS GATHERINGS (§§ 31-27-1 — 31-27-12) › Section 31-27-1 - [Repealed]

Repealed and reserved by 2024 Ga. Laws 404,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2024.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 27 - CONTROL OF MASS GATHERINGS (§§ 31-27-1 — 31-27-12) › Section 31-27-2 - [Repealed]

Repealed and reserved by 2024 Ga. Laws 404,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2024.
Amended by 2011 Ga. Laws 244,§ 6-3, eff. 7/1/2011.
Amended by 2009 Ga. Laws 102,§ 1-4, eff. 7/1/2009.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 27 - CONTROL OF MASS GATHERINGS (§§ 31-27-1 — 31-27-12) › Section 31-27-3 - [Repealed]

Repealed and reserved by 2024 Ga. Laws 404,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2024.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 27 - CONTROL OF MASS GATHERINGS (§§ 31-27-1 — 31-27-12) › Section 31-27-4 - [Repealed]

Repealed and reserved by 2024 Ga. Laws 404,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2024.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 27 - CONTROL OF MASS GATHERINGS (§§ 31-27-1 — 31-27-12) › Section 31-27-5 - [Repealed]

Repealed and reserved by 2024 Ga. Laws 404,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2024.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 27 - CONTROL OF MASS GATHERINGS (§§ 31-27-1 — 31-27-12) › Section 31-27-6 - [Repealed]

Repealed and reserved by 2024 Ga. Laws 404,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2024.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 27 - CONTROL OF MASS GATHERINGS (§§ 31-27-1 — 31-27-12) › Section 31-27-7 - [Repealed]

Repealed and reserved by 2024 Ga. Laws 404,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2024.
Amended by 2011 Ga. Laws 244,§ 6-5, eff. 7/1/2011.
Amended by 2009 Ga. Laws 102,§ 1-6, eff. 7/1/2009.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 27 - CONTROL OF MASS GATHERINGS (§§ 31-27-1 — 31-27-12) › Section 31-27-8 - [Repealed]

Repealed and reserved by 2024 Ga. Laws 404,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2024.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 27 - CONTROL OF MASS GATHERINGS (§§ 31-27-1 — 31-27-12) › Section 31-27-9 - [Repealed]

Repealed and reserved by 2024 Ga. Laws 404,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2024.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 27 - CONTROL OF MASS GATHERINGS (§§ 31-27-1 — 31-27-12) › Section 31-27-10 - [Repealed]

Repealed and reserved by 2024 Ga. Laws 404,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2024.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 27 - CONTROL OF MASS GATHERINGS (§§ 31-27-1 — 31-27-12) › Section 31-27-11 - [Repealed]

Repealed and reserved by 2024 Ga. Laws 404,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2024.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 27 - CONTROL OF MASS GATHERINGS (§§ 31-27-1 — 31-27-12) › Section 31-27-12 - [Repealed]

Repealed and reserved by 2024 Ga. Laws 404,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2024.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 28 - TOURIST COURTS (§§ 31-28-1 — 31-28-7) › Section 31-28-1 - "Tourist court" defined

As used in this chapter, the term "tourist court" means:
(1)
Any facility consisting of two or more rooms or dwelling units providing lodging and other accommodations for tourists and travelers and includes tourist courts, tourist cottages, tourist homes, trailer parks, trailer courts, motels, motor hotels, hotels, and any similar place by whatever name called; and
(2)
Any facility or establishment operated in conjunction with an establishment described in paragraph (1) of this Code section for the purpose of providing food, beverage, laundry, or recreational services.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 28 - TOURIST COURTS (§§ 31-28-1 — 31-28-7) › Section 31-28-2 - Issuance of permits

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to operate a tourist court without having first obtained a valid permit therefor. Such permit shall be issued by the county board of health or its duly authorized representative, subject to supervision and direction by the Department of Public Health but, where the county board of health is not functioning, the permit shall be issued by the department. A permit shall be valid until suspended or revoked and shall not be transferable with respect to person or location.
Amended by 2011 Ga. Laws 244,§ 6-3, eff. 7/1/2011.
Amended by 2009 Ga. Laws 102,§ 1-4, eff. 7/1/2009.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 31 - HEALTH (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-54-4) › Chapter 28 - TOURIST COURTS (§§ 31-28-1 — 31-28-7) › Section 31-28-3 - Denial, suspension, and revocation of permits

The county boards of health may suspend or revoke permits where the health, sanitation, and safety of the public require such action. When, in the judgment of such board or its duly authorized agents, it is necessary and proper that such application for a permit be denied or that a permit previously granted be suspended or revoked, the applicant or holder of the permit shall be notified thereof in writing and shall be afforded an opportunity for hearing as provided in Article 1 of Chapter 5 of this title. In the event that such application is finally denied or such permit finally suspended or revoked, the applicant or holder thereof shall be given notice in writing, which notice shall specifically state the reasons why the application or permit has been suspended, revoked, or denied.
Amended by 2001 Ga. Laws 2, § 31, eff. 2/12/2001.