O.C.G.A.
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.
Syphilis, gonorrhea, and chancroid, hereinafter referred to as venereal diseases, are declared to be contagious, infectious, communicable, and dangerous to the public health.
History
Ga. L. 1918, p. 275, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-501; Code 1933,
§ 88-1601, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Genital herpes. - Genital herpes is a contagious venereal disease even though it is not included in O.C.G.A. § 31-17-1. Long v. Adams, 175 Ga. App. 538, 333 S.E.2d 852 (1985).
Cited in State v. Morrow, 175 Ga. App. 743, 334 S.E.2d 344 (1985).
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 39 Am. Jur. 2d, Health, § 24. C.J.S. - 39A C.J.S., Health and Environment, § 28 et seq. ALR. - Constitutionality, construction,
and application of statutes, ordinances, and regulations concerning the prevention and cure of venereal diseases, 127 A.L.R. 421.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
5
cases (
1 in the last 5 years), 1985–2022 · leading case:
Long v. Adams, 333 S.E.2d 852 (Ga. Ct. App. 1985).
Long v. Adams, 333 S.E.2d 852 (Ga. Ct. App. 1985).
· cites it 4× “She asserts that it is by law not a venereal disease, because it is not included in OCGA § 31-17-1. We reject this argument, as did the court in Kathleen K.”
State v. Morrow, 334 S.E.2d 344 (Ga. Ct. App. 1985).
· cites it 2× “” OCGA § 31-17-1. Indeed, the disease is of such concern to the public at large that “[l]aw enforcement authorities of the jurisdiction wherein any such person so infected or suspected of being infected is located shall offer such assistance, including restraint and arrest, as…”
R.W. v. T.F., 528 N.W.2d 869 (Minn. 1995).
“24 (West 1993); Ga. Code Ann. § 31-17-1 to § 31-17-8 (1991); Ala.”
In the Interest of A.A., a Child (Ga. Ct. App. 2022).
· cites it 4× “14 OCGA § 31-17-1; see OCGA § 42-1-7 (a) (“For the purposes of this Code section, the term ‘infectious or communicable disease’ shall include infectious hepatitis, tuberculosis, influenza, measles, chicken pox, meningitis, HIV as defined in Code Section 31-22-9.”
Rw v. Tf, 528 N.W.2d 869 (Minn. 1995).
“24 (West 1993); Ga. Code Ann. § 31-17-1 to § 31-17-8 (1991); Ala.”
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