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2018 Georgia Code 31-23-6 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 31 HEALTH

Section 23. Eye Banks, 31-23-1 through 31-23-9.

ARTICLE 3 OFFENSES

31-23-6. Removal of eye or corneal tissue.

Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2008, p. 503, § 3/SB 405, effective July 1, 2008.

Editor's notes.

- This Code section was based on Code 1933, § 88-2010, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 811, § 1; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1328, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 611, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 31; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 31.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 31-23-6

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Georgia Lions Eye Bank, Inc. v. Lavant, 335 S.E.2d 127 (Ga. 1985).

Cited 23 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Oct 9, 1985 | 255 Ga. 60

...Doffermyre, Jr., Constance C. Russell, Bouhan, Williams & Levy, Joseph P. Brennan, for appellants. Calhoun, Donaldson & Cox, Walter W. Ballew III, for appellee. WELTNER, Justice. This appeal is from an order of the State Court of Chatham County holding unconstitutional OCGA § 31-23-6 (b) (1), which authorizes, under specified circumstance, [1] removal for transplant of the corneal tissue of decedents if no objection is made by the decedent in his life or by his next-of-kin after death....
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Welch v. Welch, 505 S.E.2d 470 (Ga. 1998).

Cited 2 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Sep 14, 1998 | 269 Ga. 742

...It follows that the trial court correctly considered the position of the majority of the next of kin in entering a permanent injunction preventing disinterment, and that this ruling did not constitute an abuse of the court's discretion. Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concur. NOTES [1] See OCGA § 31-23-6(b)(1).