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O.C.G.A. § 31-17-1 Enumeration of diseases deemed dangerous to public health
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Syphilis, gonorrhea, and chancroid, hereinafter referred to as venereal diseases, are declared to be contagious, infectious, communicable, and dangerous to the public health. History. — Ga. L. 1918, p. 275, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-501; Code 1933, § 88-1601, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p…
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…