O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 31-3-1 (2019)

Creation

✓ 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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There is established a county board of health in each and every county of this state.

History

Ga. L. 1914, p. 124, § 2; Code 1933, § 88-201; Ga. L. 1941, p. 317, § 1; Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Williams v. Board of Educ., 180 Ga. 85, 178 S.E. 148 (1935); Abel v. State,

190 Ga. 651, 10 S.E.2d 198 (1940); Hood v. Burson, 194 Ga. 30, 20 S.E.2d 755 (1942).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Criteria for determining appointing authority for position. - In determining whether commissioner, Department of Human Resources (now the Department of Community Health for these purposes), or district health director

is appointing authority for any particular employee, it is necessary to consider the source of creation and funding of the position in question. 1974 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 74-89.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 39 Am. Jur. 2d, Health, §§ 8, 9.

C.J.S. - 39A C.J.S., Health and Environment, § 9.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2025–2025 · leading case: Jeff Giraldi v. Chris Bowen (Ga. Ct. App. 2025).
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Jeff Giraldi v. Chris Bowen (Ga. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 31-3-1. These boards are vested with the power to “[t]ake such steps as may be necessary to prevent and suppress disease and conditions deleterious to health and to determine compliance with health laws and rules[.”
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