O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 31-33-1 (2019)

Definitions

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

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As used in this chapter, the term:

(1) ‘‘Patient’’ means any person who has received health care services from a provider.

(2) ‘‘Provider’’ means all hospitals, including public, private, osteopathic, and tuberculosis hospitals; other special care units, including podiatric facilities, skilled nursing facilities, and kidney disease treatment centers, including freestanding hemodialysis units; intermediate care facilities; ambulatory surgical or obstetrical facilities; health maintenance organizations; and home health agencies. It shall also mean any person licensed to practice under Chapter 9, 11, 26, 34, 35, or 39 of Title 43.

(3) ‘‘Record’’ means a patient’s health record, including, but not limited to, evaluations, diagnoses, prognoses, laboratory reports, X-rays, prescriptions, and other technical information used in assessing the patient’s condition, or the pertinent portion of the record relating to a specific condition or a summary of the record.

History

Code 1981, § 31-32-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1680, § 1; Code

1981, § 31-33-1, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 31.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1996–2023 · leading case: Cotton v. Med-Cor Health Info. Solutions, Inc., 472 S.E.2d 92 (Ga. Ct. App. 1996).

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Cotton v. Med-Cor Health Info. Solutions, Inc., 472 S.E.2d 92 (Ga. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 8× “" OCGA § 31-33-1 et seq. Under the Act, a "provider" is defined as meaning all hospitals and other specified entities providing health care services.”

Richard Faber v. Ciox Health, LLC, 944 F.3d 593 (6th Cir. 2019). “Ga. Code Ann. § 31-33-1 (2). Or with the Iowa statute that states any “organization that furnishes, bills, or is paid for health care in the normal course of business” is a provider.”

Frazier v. Se. Georgia Health Sys., Inc. (S.D. Ga. 2023). · cites it 2× “at 3 (arguing O.C.G.A. § 31-33-1 imposes liability on Defendants for releasing “alleged fraudulent records,” and that in that circumstance, O.”

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Cotton v. Med-Cor Health Info. Solutions, Inc., 472 S.E.2d 92 (Ga. Ct. App. 1996). “" OCGA § 31-33-1 et seq. Under the Act, a "provider" is defined as meaning all hospitals and other specified entities providing health care services.”

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