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2018 Georgia Code 31-9-5 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 31-9-5 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 31-9-5

TITLE 31 HEALTH

Section 9. Consent for Surgical or Medical Treatment, 31-9-1 through 31-9-7.

ARTICLE 10 DRUG REPOSITORY PROGRAM

31-9-5. Applicability of chapter to abortion and sterilization procedures.

This chapter shall not apply in any manner whatsoever to abortion and sterilization procedures, which procedures shall continue to be governed by existing law independently of the terms and provisions of this chapter.

(Code 1933, § 88-2902, enacted by Ga. L. 1971, p. 438, § 1.)

Cross references.

- Abortion generally, § 16-12-140 et seq.

Performance of sterilization procedure, T. 31, C. 20.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Chapter specifically excludes sterilization procedures which are governed by Voluntary Sterilization Act, O.C.G.A. § 31-20-2. Robinson v. Parrish, 251 Ga. 496, 306 S.E.2d 922 (1983).

Cited in Robinson v. Parrish, 720 F.2d 1548 (11th Cir. 1983).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Right of minor to have abortion performed without parental consent, 42 A.L.R.3d 1406.

Woman's right to have abortion without consent of, or against objections of, child's father, 62 A.L.R.3d 1097.

Validity of state "informed consent" statutes by which providers of abortions are required to provide patient seeking abortion with certain information, 119 A.L.R.5th 315.

Women's reproductive rights concerning abortion, and governmental regulation thereof - Supreme Court cases, 20 A.L.R. Fed. 2d 1.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 31-9-5

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Goode v. Mountain Lake Investments, L.L.C., 524 S.E.2d 229 (Ga. 1999).

Cited 16 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Nov 22, 1999 | 271 Ga. 722, 99 Fulton County D. Rep. 4118

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Robinson v. Parrish, 306 S.E.2d 922 (Ga. 1983).

Cited 14 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Sep 26, 1983 | 251 Ga. 496

...Yarn, 136 Ga. App. 737, 739 (222 SE2d 113) (1975). The Georgia Medical Consent Law, however, specifically excludes sterilization procedures, and thus must be governed by the "existing law independently of the terms and provisions of this chapter." OCGA § 31-9-5 (Code Ann....