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O.C.G.A. § 31-1-12 — Hospitals to provide educational information to parents of newborns regarding pertussis disease and availability of a vaccine | 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

31-1-12. Hospitals to provide educational information to parents of newborns regarding pertussis disease and availability of a vaccine.

  1. During the postpartum period and prior to discharge, each hospital shall provide parents of newborns educational information on pertussis disease and the availability of a vaccine to protect against such disease. Such educational information shall include, but not be limited to, information on the recommendation by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that parents of newborns receive the vaccination during the postpartum period to protect the newborns from the transmission of pertussis.
  2. Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to require any hospital to provide or pay for any vaccination against pertussis.

(Code 1981, §31-1-12, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 704, § 1/HB 249.)

Effective date.

- This Code section became effective July 1, 2011.

Code Commission notes.

- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2011, Code Section 31-1-12, as enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 2-1, was redesignated as Code Section 31-1-13.

Law reviews.

- For article on the 2011 enactment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 147 (2011). For article, "Health: Department of Public Health," see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 147 (2011).

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