Title 31 — Title 31
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O.C.G.A. § 31-1-1 Definitions
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Except as specifically provided otherwise, as used in this title, the term: (1) ‘‘Board’’ means the Board of Public Health. (2) ‘‘Commissioner’’ means the commissioner of public health. 5 31-1-2 (3) ‘‘Department’’ means the Department of Public Health. and was thus enacted by Ga.…
O.C.G.A. § 31-1-10 State health officer; duties
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(a) 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 …
O.C.G.A. § 31-1-13 Hemophilia Advisory Board
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(a) The commissioner of public health in conjunction with the commissioner of community health shall establish an independent advisory board known as the Hemophilia Advisory Board. (b)(1) The following persons shall serve as nonvoting members of the Hemophilia Advisory Board: (A)…
O.C.G.A. § 31-1-17 Notification of dense breast tissue
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(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) ‘‘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 Report…
O.C.G.A. § 31-1-23 Blindness education, screening, and treatment program
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(a)(1) 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…
O.C.G.A. § 31-1-3 Detection of hearing impairments in infants; evaluations
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(a) 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. (b) The department shall develop guidelines for evaluation a…
O.C.G.A. § 31-1-3.2 Hearing screenings for newborns
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(a) The General Assembly finds, determines, and declares: (1) That hearing loss occurs in newborn infants more frequently than any other health condition for which newborn infant screening is required; (2) That 80 percent of the language ability of a child is established by the t…
O.C.G.A. § 31-1-4 Penalties for false representation, impersonation
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(a) 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. (…
O.C.G.A. § 31-1-5 Compensation of employees for damage to wearing apparel caused by patients
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(a) 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. (b) When action by a patient in one of the institutions operated by the department results in damage to an item of wea…
O.C.G.A. § 31-1-6 Reuse of heart pacemakers
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(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) ‘‘Heart pacemaker’’ means any electrical device which stimulates the heart muscle so that it contracts at a certain or regular rate. (2) ‘‘Medically acceptable’’ means conforming to prevailing medical standards of cleanliness and ma…
O.C.G.A. § 31-1-7 Marking of dentures and other removable dental prostheses for identification
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(a) 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…
O.C.G.A. § 31-1-8 Notice of proposed special facility
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(a) For the purposes of this Code section, the term ‘‘special facility’’ means any of the following facilities: (1) A facility utilized for the diagnosis, care, treatment, or hospitalization of persons who are alcoholics, drug dependent individuals, or drug users as defined in pa…
O.C.G.A. § 31-1-9 Breast-feeding of baby
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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. History. — Code 1981, § 31-1…