§ 31-38-7. Protective Goggles Requirement
The tanning facility owner or operator shall provide protective goggles to each consumer for use during any use of tanning equipment. The protective goggles required in subsection (a) of this Code section shall meet the requirements of 21 CFR 1040.20(c)(5). Tanning facility operators shall ensure that consumers wear the protective goggles required by this Code […]
§ 31-36A-5. Certification by Physician
An attending physician, treating physician, or other physician licensed according to the laws of the State of Georgia, after having personally examined an adult, may certify in the adult’s medical records the following: The adult is unable to consent for himself or herself; and It is the physician’s belief that it is in the adult’s […]
§ 31-36A-6. Persons Authorized to Consent; Expiration of Authorization; Limitations on Authority to Consent; Effect on Other Laws; Immunity From Liability or Disciplinary Action
Upon a physician’s certification pursuant to Code Section 31-36A-5, and in addition to such other persons as may be otherwise authorized and empowered, any one of the following persons is authorized and empowered to consent, in the priority order listed below, either orally or otherwise, to such transfer, admission, or discharge: Any adult, for himself […]
§ 31-36A-7. Petition for Order by Healthcare Facility; Issuance, Expiration, and Limited Authorization of Order; Effect on Other Laws; Immunity From Liability or Disciplinary Action
In the absence of a person authorized to consent under the provisions of Code Section 31-36A-6, any interested person or persons, including, but not limited to, any authority, corporation, partnership, or other entity operating the healthcare facility where the adult who is unable to consent is then present, with or without the assistance of legal […]
§ 31-36B-1. Short Title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Georgia Caregivers Act.” History. Code 1981, § 31-36B-1 , enacted by Ga. L. 2022, p. 584, § 1/HB 1304.
§ 31-36B-2. Definitions
As used in this chapter, the term: “Aftercare” means any assistance provided by a lay caregiver to an individual under this chapter after the patient’s discharge from a hospital, including tasks that are limited to the patient’s condition at the time of discharge and do not require a licensed professional. “Discharge” means a patient’s exit […]
§ 31-36B-3. Lay Caregiver Involvement in Discharge
Upon inpatient admission to a hospital, each patient shall have the opportunity to identify at least one lay caregiver to be involved in the discharge planning process. A patient may elect to change his or her lay caregiver by notifying the hospital of such change. Identification of a lay caregiver by a patient under this […]
§ 31-36B-4. Hospital Notification to Lay Caregiver; Education and Training on Aftercare
If a patient or a person authorized to consent to medical treatment, in accordance with Code Section 31-9-2, has identified a lay caregiver under this chapter, a hospital shall notify the lay caregiver of the patient’s discharge to the patient’s residence, discharge to a post-acute healthcare facility, or transfer to another hospital as soon as […]
§ 31-36B-5. Healthcare Decision Making by Lay Caregiver; No Delay in Care; Responsibilities
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to interfere with the rights of a patient or other person legally authorized to make healthcare decisions under Chapter 32 of this title, the “Georgia Advance Directive for Health Care Act,” or under Code Section 31-9-2, or to grant healthcare decision-making authority to a lay caregiver. Nothing in […]
§ 31-38-1. Definitions
As used in this chapter, the term: “CFR” means Code of Federal Regulations. (1.1) “Consumer” means any individual who is provided access to a tanning facility as defined in this chapter. “Individual” means any human being. “Operator” means any individual designated by the tanning facility owner or tanning equipment lessee to operate or to assist […]