§ 31-19-7. County Rabies Control Officer
The county board of health shall appoint a person who is knowledgeable of animals to be the county rabies control officer. It shall be the duty of the county rabies control officer to enforce this chapter and other laws which regulate the activities of dogs. The county governing authority of each county is authorized to […]
§ 31-21-7. Preneed Contracts and Revisions; Affidavit on Disposition of Remains; Role of Probate Court; Warrant as to Truthfulness; Liability of Funeral Home
A person who is 18 years of age or older and of sound mind, by entering into a preneed contract, as defined in paragraph (30) of Code Section 10-14-3, may direct the location, manner, and conditions of the disposition of the person’s remains and the arrangements for funeral goods and services to be provided upon […]
§ 31-19-8. Joint Administration of Chapter by Adjoining Counties
The governing authority of each county may devise and implement plans whereby this chapter, as amended, is administered jointly with one or more adjoining counties. History. Code 1933, § 88-1506.2, enacted by Ga. L. 1969, p. 834, § 6.
§ 31-21-20. Board for the Distribution of Cadavers
The academic deans of medical, osteopathic medical, and dental colleges or a representative appointed by the president of such schools incorporated under the laws of this state or otherwise operating in this state with authorization from the Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission shall constitute the Board for the Distribution of Cadavers to expedite the distribution and […]
§ 31-19-9. Applicability to Municipalities With Rabies Control Laws
This chapter shall not apply to municipalities which already have a rabies control law unless and until such law is repealed. History. Ga. L. 1945, p. 448, § 13; Ga. L. 1969, p. 834, § 7.
§ 31-21-21. Delivery to Board of Certain Unclaimed Bodies
All public officers of this state and their assistants and all officers and their deputies of every county, city, town, or other municipality and of every prison, county correctional institution, morgue, public hospital, health care facility, except the Central State Hospital which institution shall have authority to perform autopsies on the dead bodies of persons […]
§ 31-19-10. Penalty
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History. Ga. L. 1945, p. 448, § 11; Code 1933, § 88-1507, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.
§ 31-20-1. Definitions
As used in this chapter, the term: “Accredited hospital” means a hospital licensed by the Department of Community Health and accredited by a nationally recognized health care accreditation body. “Physician” means a person duly licensed to practice medicine and surgery without restriction in Georgia pursuant to Chapter 34 of Title 43. “Sterilization procedure” means any […]
§ 31-20-2. Performance of Sterilization Procedure Upon Request
It shall be lawful for any physician to perform a sterilization procedure upon a person 18 years of age or over, or less than 18 years of age if legally married, provided that a request in writing is made by such person and provided, further, that prior to or at the time of such request […]
§ 31-20-3. Sterilization of Mentally Incompetent Persons
Declaration of policy. The General Assembly finds that the present laws of this state provide no means for the performance of sterilization procedures upon persons who, because of a developmental disability, brain damage, or both, are irreversibly and incurably mentally incompetent to the degree that such persons, with or without economic aid (charitable or […]