Title 31 — Title 31
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O.C.G.A. § 31-17-2 Report of diagnosis or treatment to health authorities
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Any physician or other person who makes a diagnosis of or treats a case of venereal disease and any superintendent or manager of a hospital, dispensary, or charitable or penal institution in which there is discovered a case of venereal disease shall make report of such case to th…
O.C.G.A. § 31-17-3 Examination and treatment by health authorities
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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 venereal dise…
O.C.G.A. § 31-17-4 Serologic tests of pregnant women
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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 shal…
O.C.G.A. § 31-17-4.1 Chlamydia screening test
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(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) ‘‘Chlamydia screening test’’ means any laboratory test of the urogenital tract which specifically detects for infection by one or more agents of chlamydia trachomatis and which test is approved for such purposes by the federal Food …
O.C.G.A. § 31-17-4.2 HIV and Syphilis Pregnancy Screening
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(a) This Code section shall be known and may be cited as the ‘‘Georgia HIV/Syphilis Pregnancy Screening Act of 2015.’’ (b) Every physician and health care provider who assumes responsibility for the prenatal care of a pregnant woman during gestation and at delivery shall be requi…
O.C.G.A. § 31-17-5 Prophylactic treatment at childbirth
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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 report…
O.C.G.A. § 31-17-6 Regulation of laboratories
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All laboratories conducting tests for venereal diseases shall comply with the rules, regulations, and reporting requirements prescribed therefor by the department. History. — Code 1933, § 88-1603, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.
O.C.G.A. § 31-17-7.1 Expedited partner therapy
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(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) ‘‘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 o…
O.C.G.A. § 31-17-8 Penalty
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Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated under this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History. — Code 1933, § 88-1607, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 31.