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2018 Georgia Code 31-7-260 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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O.C.G.A. 31-7-260 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 31-7-260

TITLE 31 HEALTH

Section 7. Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities, 31-7-1 through 31-7-412.

ARTICLE 11 FACILITY LICENSING AND EMPLOYEE RECORDS CHECKS

31-7-260. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Cooperation of Georgia Crime Information Center and law enforcement agencies with department; liability for misuse or attempted misuse of information.

  1. GCIC and law enforcement agencies which have access to GCIC information shall cooperate with the department in performing preliminary and fingerprint records checks required under this chapter and shall provide such information so required for such records checks notwithstanding any other law to the contrary and may charge reasonable fees therefor.
  2. Any person who knowingly and under false pretenses requests, obtains, or attempts to obtain GCIC information otherwise authorized to be obtained pursuant to this chapter, or who knowingly communicates or attempts to communicate such information obtained pursuant to this article to any person or entity except in accordance with this article, or who knowingly uses or attempts to use such information obtained pursuant to this article for any purpose other than as authorized by this article shall be fined not more than $5,000.00, imprisoned for not more than two years, or both.

(Code 1981, §31-7-260, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 952, § 2.)

Editor's notes.

- See the Editor's note following the article heading as to the repeal of this Code section.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 31-7-260

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Meinken v. Burgess, 426 S.E.2d 876 (Ga. 1993).

Cited 9 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Mar 15, 1993 | 262 Ga. 863, 93 Fulton County D. Rep. 1165

...The interests of an arrested person will also be relatively the same; that is that all arrested persons would naturally prefer expungement as such records, whether one is innocent or guilty, are undesirable and may cause harm. Nevertheless, they are not public records, and their use is strictly regulated. OCGA §§ 35-3-8; 31-7-260....