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O.C.G.A. § 31-17-1 — Enumeration of diseases deemed dangerous to public health | Georgia Code

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TITLE 31 HEALTH

Section 17. Control of Venereal Disease, 31-17-1 through 31-17-8.

ARTICLE 7 EMERGENCY CARDIAC CARE CENTERS

31-17-1. Enumeration of diseases deemed dangerous to public health.

Syphilis, gonorrhea, and chancroid, hereinafter referred to as venereal diseases, are declared to be contagious, infectious, communicable, and dangerous to the public health.

(Ga. L. 1918, p. 275, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-501; Code 1933, § 88-1601, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)

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.

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