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O.C.G.A. § 31-32-1 Short title
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the ‘‘Georgia Advance Directive for Health Care Act.’’ History. — Code 1981, § 31-32-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 133, § 2/HB 24.
O.C.G.A. § 31-32-10 Immunity from liability or disciplinary action
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(a) Each health care provider, health care facility, and any other person who acts in good faith reliance on any direction or decision by the health care agent shall be protected and released to the same extent as though such person had interacted directly with the declarant as a…
O.C.G.A. § 31-32-11 Advance directive for health care’s relationship to criminal and insurance laws
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(a) The making of an advance directive for health care containing a declarant’s directions regarding the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures or the withholding or withdrawal of the provision of nourishment or hydration, shall not, for any purpose, constitute a…
O.C.G.A. § 31-32-12 Restriction on requiring and preparing advance directives for health care
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(a) No physician, health care facility, or health care provider and no health care service plan, insurer issuing disability insurance, or self-insured employee welfare benefit plan shall require any person to execute an advance directive for health care as a condition for being i…