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O.C.G.A. § 31-9-1 Short title
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the ‘‘Georgia Medical Consent Law.’’ History. — Code 1933, § 88-2901, enacted by Ga. L. 1971, p. 438, § 1.
O.C.G.A. § 31-9-2 Persons authorized to consent to surgical or medical treatment
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(a) In addition to such other persons as may be authorized and empowered, any one of the following persons is authorized and empowered to consent, either orally or otherwise, to any surgical or medical treatment or procedures not prohibited by law which may be suggested, recommen…
O.C.G.A. § 31-9-3 Emergencies
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(a) As used in this Code section, the term ‘‘emergency’’ means a situation wherein (1) according to competent medical judgment, the proposed surgical or medical treatment or procedures are reasonably necessary and (2) a person authorized to consent under Code Section 31-9-2 is no…
O.C.G.A. § 31-9-4 JUDICIAL DECISIONS Involuntary administration of drugs by state does not violate due process
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— State’s policy and procedure for the involuntary administration of antipsychotic drugs to patients at the state mental hospital does not violate substantive or procedural due process. Hightower by Dehler v. Olmstead, 959 F. Supp. 1549 (N.D. Ga. 1996). No legal authority to confi…