O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 31-29-2 (2019)

Physical examination required for compensation under Code Section 31-29-1

✓ 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) In order for any employee of any state institution, agency, or department to be eligible to receive compensation under Code Section 31-29-1, he shall undergo a physical examination at the beginning of or during the course of his employment, which examination must show that he is free of tuberculosis or infectious hepatitis at the time of physical examination.

(b) All physical examinations conducted pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section shall be provided free of charge by the institution, agency, or department employing the person.

History

Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 513, §§ 2, 3; Code 1933,

§§ 88-2402, 88-2403, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 737, § 1.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 29 Am. Jur. 2d, Evidence, § 555 et seq. C.J.S. - 99 C.J.S. (Rev), Workers’ Compensation, § 372. 100 C.J.S. (Rev), Work-

ers’ Compensation, §§ 630, 704, 726. 100A C.J.S., Workers’ Compensation, §§ 1120 et seq., 1131 et seq., 1184 et seq., 1205 et seq., 1247.