§ 49-7-1. Short Title

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Family-Planning Services Act.” History. Ga. L. 1966, p. 228, § 1.

§ 49-7-2. Definitions

As used in this chapter, the term: “Agencies” means the department, county boards of health, health districts, county departments of family and children services, and district departments of family and children services. “Family-planning services” means counseling and interviews with trained personnel regarding birth control, infertility, and family-planning methods and procedures; distribution of literature relating to […]

§ 49-7-3. Persons to Whom Agencies May Offer Services

Within the limitations of the funds available to such agencies, all agencies are authorized to offer family-planning services to any person who is in any one or more of the following classifications: Married; The parent of at least one child; Pregnant; or Requesting such services. History. Ga. L. 1966, p. 228, § 3; Ga. L. […]

§ 49-7-4. Services May Be Free

Agencies may support family-planning services at no cost to the recipients of such services in accordance with rules and regulations of said agencies. History. Ga. L. 1966, p. 228, § 4.

§ 49-7-5. Right to Refuse Services

The refusal of any person to accept family-planning services shall in no way affect the right of such person to receive public assistance or public health services or to avail himself of any other public benefit. The employees of the agencies engaged in the administration of this chapter shall recognize that the right to make […]

§ 49-7-6. Right of Employee to Refuse to Offer Services

Any employee of the agencies engaged in the administration of this chapter may refuse to accept the duty of offering family-planning services to the extent that such duty is contrary to such employee’s personal religious beliefs; and such refusal shall not be grounds for any disciplinary action, for dismissal, for any interdepartmental transfer, for any […]

§ 49-7-7. Plans and Programs to Carry Out Chapter; Required Provisions

The department is authorized and directed to develop plans and programs to carry out this chapter. Such plans and programs shall include, but shall not be limited to, provisions for: A training program offered by the department for its employees who are in contact with and counsel those persons likely to desire family-planning services. Such […]

§ 49-7-8. Rules and Regulations

The board is authorized and directed to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out this chapter. Such rules and regulations shall provide the necessary requirements and guides for county and district departments of health and departments of family and children services. History. Ga. L. 1966, p. 228, § 8.

§ 49-7-9. Construction of Chapter

This chapter shall be liberally construed to protect the rights of all individuals to pursue their religious beliefs and to follow the dictates of their own consciences, to prevent the imposition upon any individual of practices offensive to the individual’s moral standards, to respect the right of every individual to self-determination in the procreation of […]