As used in this article, the term “action for medical malpractice” means any claim for damages resulting from the death of or injury to any person arising out of: Health, medical, dental, or surgical service, diagnosis, prescription, treatment, or care rendered by a person authorized by law to perform such service or by any person […]
Except as otherwise provided in this article, an action for medical malpractice shall be brought within two years after the date on which an injury or death arising from a negligent or wrongful act or omission occurred. Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Code section, in no event may an action for medical malpractice be brought […]
The limitations of Code Section 9-3-71 shall not apply where a foreign object has been left in a patient’s body, but in such a case an action shall be brought within one year after the negligent or wrongful act or omission is discovered. For the purposes of this Code section, the term “foreign object” shall […]
Except as provided in this Code section, the disabilities and exceptions prescribed in Article 5 of this chapter in limiting actions on contracts shall be allowed and held applicable to actions, whether in tort or contract, for medical malpractice. Notwithstanding Article 5 of this chapter, all persons who are legally incompetent because of intellectual disability […]
No action for medical malpractice which, prior to July 1, 1976, has been barred by the provisions of this chapter relating to actions shall be revived by this article. History. Code 1933, § 3-1105, enacted by Ga. L. 1976, p. 1363, § 1. Law reviews. For comment on statutes of limitations in medical malpractice actions […]
