O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 31-20-6 (2019)

Exemptions from requirements of chapter

✓ 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) Nothing in this chapter shall require a hospital to admit any patient for the purpose of performing a sterilization procedure, nor shall any hospital be required to appoint a committee such as contemplated under paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of Code Section 31-20-3.

(b) A physician, or any other person who is a member of or associated with the staff of a hospital, or any employee of a hospital in which a sterilization procedure has been authorized who shall object to such sterilization procedure on moral or religious grounds shall not be required to participate in the medical procedures or the committee procedures leading to such sterilization procedure; the refusal of any such person to participate therein shall not form the basis of any claim for damages resulting from such refusal or for any disciplinary or recriminatory action against such person.

History

Ga. L. 1970, p. 683, § 7.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 61 Am. Jur. 2d, Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Healers, § 262.

CHAPTER 21 DEAD BODIES Sec.

Article 1 General Provisions Sec.

Approved disinfectant; ‘‘embalming’’ defined. Conflict with authority of Commissioner of Agriculture. Death of person with infectious or communicable disease; required reporting procedures; confidentiality; disclosure; penalties. Burial at sea of cremated remains; notification that cremated remains are ready for interment; unclaimed cremated remains. Incineration or cremation of dead body or parts thereof. Notification of law enforcement agency upon disturbance, destruction, or debasement of human remains. Preneed contracts and revisions; affidavit on disposition of remains; role of probate court; warrant as to truthfulness; liability of funeral home.

Delivery to board of certain unclaimed bodies. Disposition of bodies of travelers dying suddenly. Distribution of bodies by board. Transportation of bodies. Bonds. Payment of expenses. Article 3 Offenses

Board for the Distribution of Cadavers.

Omission to perform duties imposed by chapter.