O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 31-1-1 (2019)

Definitions

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Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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Except as specifically provided otherwise, as used in this title, the term:

(1) ‘‘Board’’ means the Board of Public Health.

(2) ‘‘Commissioner’’ means the commissioner of public health.

(3) ‘‘Department’’ means the Department of Public Health. and was thus enacted by Ga. L. 1981, Ex. Sess., p. 8 (Code enactment Act). Law reviews. - For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 147 (2011).

History

Code 1981, § 31-1-1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 12, § 2-7/SB 433; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-2/HB 228; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 3-5/HB 214.

Annotations

Editor's notes. - This Code section was created as part of the Code revision and was thus enacted by Ga. L. 1981, Ex. Sess., p. 8 (Code enactment Act).

Law reviews. - For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 147 (2011).