O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 31-11-5 (2019)

Rules and regulations

✓ 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) The department is authorized to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for the protection of the public health: (1) Prescribing reasonable health, sanitation, and safety standards for transporting patients in ambulances; (2) Prescribing reasonable conditions under which ambulance attendants are required; (3) Establishing criteria for the training of ambulance attendants; and

(4) The emergency medical technician course is to be offered at area hospitals and area technical vocational schools in conjunction with their emergency patient care and personnel training programs. (b) Nothing in this Code section shall authorize the department to adopt and promulgate rules or regulations which shall prevent the continued use of dual purpose funeral coaches or hearses currently being used as ambulances if the vehicles otherwise conform in all respects to the requirements of Code Section 31-11-34, except for their size and shape.

History

Code 1933, § 88-3112, enacted by Ga. L. 1972, p. 625, § 1; Ga. L. 2003, p. 304, § 3.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Requiring two emergency medical technicians on ambulance. - Regulation requiring that two emergency medical technicians be present in an ambulance while transporting a patient is

consistent with the authority of the Department of Human Resources stated in O.C.G.A. § 31-11-5. 1988 Op. Att’y Gen. No. U88-4.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2018–2019 · leading case: Ellison v. Hobbs, 334 F. Supp. 3d 1328 (N.D. Ga. 2018).

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Ellison v. Hobbs, 334 F. Supp. 3d 1328 (N.D. Ga. 2018). · cites it 2× “O.C.G.A. § 31-11-5(a). It further provides for ambulance service medical directors, or regional directors, in conformance with DPH regulations, to prescribe protocols for emergency services personnel, particularly those attached to ambulance services like Howard, an EMT, and…”

Kimberly Annette Ellison v. Kenneth Warren Hobbs (11th Cir. 2019). · cites it 3× “See O.C.G.A. § 31-11-5(a); Ga. Comp. R. & 23 Case: 18-14142 Date Filed: 08/29/2019 Page: 24 of 37 Regs.”

— 31-11-5(a) — 2 cases

Ellison v. Hobbs, 334 F. Supp. 3d 1328 (N.D. Ga. 2018). “O.C.G.A. § 31-11-5(a). It further provides for ambulance service medical directors, or regional directors, in conformance with DPH regulations, to prescribe protocols for emergency services personnel, particularly those attached to ambulance services like Howard, an EMT, and…”

Kimberly Annette Ellison v. Kenneth Warren Hobbs (11th Cir. 2019). “See O.C.G.A. § 31-11-5(a); Ga. Comp. R. & 23 Case: 18-14142 Date Filed: 08/29/2019 Page: 24 of 37 Regs.”

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