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O.C.G.A. § 31-23-1 Definitions
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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 purpos…
O.C.G.A. § 31-23-2 Effect on eye donations of the ‘‘Georgia Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
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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.’’ History. — Ga. L. 1961, p. 582, §§ 3, 4; Code 1933, §§ 88-2003, 88-2004, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, §…
O.C.G.A. § 31-23-3 Hospitals or medical schools which may operate eye banks; right of eye banks to receive gifts, donations, and bequests
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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 h…
O.C.G.A. § 31-23-4 Powers of department
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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 d…