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O.C.G.A. § 31-1-1 — Definitions | Georgia Code
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TITLE 31 HEALTH

Section 1. General Provisions; Access to Eye Care, 31-1-1 through 31-1-23.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

31-1-1. Definitions.

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.

(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.)

The 2011 amendment, effective July 1, 2011, substituted "Board of Public Health" for "Board of Community Health" in paragraph (1); substituted "commissioner of public health" for "commissioner of community health" in paragraph (2); and substituted "Department of Public Health" for "Department of Community Health" in paragraph (3).

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).

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