O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 31-1-6 (2019)

Reuse of heart pacemakers

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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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(a) As used in this Code section, the term:

(1) ‘‘Heart pacemaker’’ means any electrical device which stimulates the heart muscle so that it contracts at a certain or regular rate.

(2) ‘‘Medically acceptable’’ means conforming to prevailing medical standards of cleanliness and manufacturers’ applicable standards for functional operation.

(3) ‘‘Person’’ includes the following:

(A) Any hospital, surgeon, or physician;

(B) Any accredited medical school, college, or university;

(C) Any licensed, accredited, or approved bank or storage facility of human bodies or parts; or

(D) Any specified individual needing implantation of a heart pacemaker.

(b) Any person, as defined in subsection (a) of this Code section, shall be authorized to receive and reuse a heart pacemaker, provided that such device is medically acceptable for its proposed reuse.

(c) This Code section shall not apply to the receipt and reuse of a nuclear-powered pacemaker.

History

Code 1981, § 31-1-6, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1034, § 1.

Annotations

Cross references. - Anatomical gifts,

§ 44-5-140 et seq. Disposition of heart pacemakers, § 53-4-73.