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2018 Georgia Code 31-12-4 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)

O.C.G.A. 31-12-4 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 31-12-4

TITLE 31 HEALTH

Section 12. Control of Hazardous Conditions, Preventable Diseases, and Metabolic Disorders, 31-12-1 through 31-12-14.

ARTICLE 7 EMERGENCY CARDIAC CARE CENTERS

31-12-4. Isolation and segregation of diseased persons; quarantine.

The department and all county boards of health may, from time to time, require the isolation or segregation of persons with communicable diseases or conditions likely to endanger the health of others. The department may, in addition, require quarantine or surveillance of carriers of disease and persons exposed to, or suspected of being infected with, infectious disease until they are found to be free of the infectious agent or disease in question. The department shall promulgate appropriate rules and regulations for the implementation of the provisions of this Code section in the case of a declaration of a public health emergency. Such rules and regulations shall be adopted pursuant to Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act," but shall be automatically referred by the Office of Legislative Counsel to the House of Representatives and Senate Committees on Judiciary.

(Code 1933, § 88-1204, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1386, § 9.)

Law reviews.

- For article, "Medical Decision-Making in Georgia," see 10 Ga. St. B.J. 50 (2005). For note on the 2002 amendment of this Code section, see 19 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2002).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 26 Am. Jur. 2d, Eminent Domain, § 60. 39 Am. Jur. 2d, Health, § 9 et seq. 39 Am. Jur. 2d, Habeas Corpus, § 88.

C.J.S.

- 16 C.J.S., Constitutional Law, §§ 364, 371 et seq. 16D C.J.S., Constitutional Law, § 2159 et seq. 29A C.J.S., Eminent Domain, § 47. 39 C.J.S., Habeas Corpus, § 99.

ALR.

- Right of one detained pursuant to quarantine to habeas corpus, 2 A.L.R. 1542.

Quarantine of typhoid carrier, 22 A.L.R. 845.

AIDS infection as affecting right to attend public school, 60 A.L.R.4th 15.

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