§ 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 […]
§ 31-17A-4. Pilot Program for Preexposure Prophylaxis Drug Assistance or Services
The department shall conduct a three-year pilot program for the purpose of providing preexposure prophylaxis drug assistance or services to persons who have tested negative for the HIV infection but who have risk factors that expose them to HIV. The pilot program shall be conducted in counties identified by the federal Centers for Disease Control […]
§ 31-18-1. Declaration of Policy
It is the intent of the General Assembly to create a state-wide central registry for traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries to ensure the registration of all persons with traumatic brain or spinal cord injuries in order that all such persons might obtain information about rehabilitative, independent living, and other services or goods provided by […]
§ 31-18-2. Definitions
As used in this chapter, the term: “Brain injury” means a traumatic injury to the brain (cranio-cerebral head trauma), not of a degenerative or congenital nature, but arising from blunt or penetrating trauma or from acceleration-deceleration forces, that is associated with any of these symptoms or signs attributed to the injury: decreased level of consciousness, […]
§ 31-18-3. Reporting Procedures
Every public and private health and social agency, every hospital or facility that has a valid permit or provisional permit issued by the Department of Community Health under Chapter 7 of this title, and every physician licensed to practice medicine in this state, if such physician has not otherwise reported such information to another agency, […]
§ 31-18-4. Duties of Commission
The Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Commission, which is administratively assigned to the Department of Public Health, shall establish procedures whereby a person with a traumatic brain or spinal cord injury for whom a report is made pursuant to this chapter shall be informed of appropriate agencies, departments, hospitals, facilities, organizations, or individuals providing […]
§ 31-17-4. Serologic Tests of Pregnant Women
The department may require every pregnant woman to submit to a standard serologic test, as defined by the department, and may require any person attending or giving prenatal care to such woman to take or cause to be taken a blood specimen for use in such test. Such specimens shall be submitted for laboratory testing […]
§ 31-19-1. Responsibility for Control
Each county board of health shall have primary responsibility for the control of rabies within its jurisdiction. Such boards, in addition to their other powers, are empowered and required to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for the prevention and control of such disease. History. Ga. L. 1945, p. 448, § 2; Code 1933, § […]
§ 31-17-4.1. Chlamydia Screening Test
As used in this Code section, the term: “Chlamydia screening test” means any laboratory test of the urogenital tract which specifically detects for infection by one or more agents of chlamydia trachomatis and which test is approved for such purposes by the federal Food and Drug Administration. “Policy” means any benefit plan, contract, or policy […]
§ 31-19-2. Powers of Department in Infected Area
The department may declare any county or any area therein or any group of counties or areas therein where rabies exists to be an infected area and may provide for immunization and such other measures as shall be indicated for the prevention and control of the disease. History. Code 1933, § 88-1502, enacted by Ga. […]