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O.C.G.A. § 31-29-1 — Amount of compensation | Georgia Code
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TITLE 31 HEALTH

Section 29. Compensation of Employees of State Institutions Who Contract Tuberculosis or Infectious Hepatitis, 31-29-1 through 31-29-8.

CHAPTER 25 ARTICLES OF BEDDING

31-29-1. Amount of compensation.

Any employee of any state institution, agency, or department charged with the care, treatment, or diagnosis of persons infected with tuberculosis or infectious hepatitis who contracts tuberculosis or infectious hepatitis while employed by such institution, agency, or department may be carried on the payroll of such institution, agency, or department at one-half of his total compensation or $150.00 per month, whichever is less, for the duration of his disability due to tuberculosis or infectious hepatitis, not to exceed 350 weeks. In the event of death of the employee while receiving compensation under this Code section, such compensation shall immediately cease.

(Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 513, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-2401, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 737, § 1.)

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Applicability to employee retiring before effective date of Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 513.

- Employee who has not retired under Employee's Retirement Act and who contracted infectious hepatitis prior to effective date of Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 513, § 1 et seq., would not be compensated under this section. 1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U70-170 (see O.C.G.A. § 31-29-1).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 82 Am. Jur. 2d, Worker's Compensation, §§ 379 et seq., 405.

C.J.S.

- 100 C.J.S. (Rev), Workmen's Compensation, § 488.

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