O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 31-12-5 (2019)

State-wide network for medical genetics services

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

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(a) The department and appropriate medical centers shall cooperate in the development of a state-wide network for medical genetics.

(b) The network shall be available state-wide and will be responsible for training of personnel in genetics, research in inborn errors of metabolism, and quality control of laboratory services for genetics. This system shall also provide counseling regarding genetically caused disorders.

History

Code 1933, § 88-1203, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 2262, § 2. Administrative rules and regulations. - Testing for inherited disorders in

the newborn, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Department of Public Health, Health Promotion, Subject 511-5-5.