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2018 Georgia Code 31-33-1 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 31 HEALTH

Section 33. Health Records, 31-33-1 through 31-33-8.

CHAPTER 25 ARTICLES OF BEDDING

31-33-1. Definitions.

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.

(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.)

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 31-33-1

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Willis v. State, 820 S.E.2d 640 (Ga. 2018).

Cited 112 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Oct 22, 2018 | 304 Ga. 686

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Harris v. State, 554 S.E.2d 458 (Ga. 2001).

Cited 49 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Oct 22, 2001 | 274 Ga. 422, 2001 Fulton County D. Rep. 3178

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Bailey v. Edmundson, 630 S.E.2d 396 (Ga. 2006).

Cited 32 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | May 17, 2006 | 280 Ga. 528, 2006 Fulton County D. Rep. 1550

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Allianz Life Ins. Co. of North Am. v. Riedl, 264 Ga. 395 (Ga. 1994).

Cited 27 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jun 27, 1994 | 444 S.E.2d 736, 18 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 1798, 94 Fulton County D. Rep. 2212

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Wiggins v. State, 632 S.E.2d 80 (Ga. 2006).

Cited 25 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jun 12, 2006 | 280 Ga. 627, 2006 Fulton County D. Rep. 1852

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Johnson v. State, 707 S.E.2d 92 (Ga. 2011).

Cited 11 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Mar 7, 2011 | 288 Ga. 771, 2011 Fulton County D. Rep. 547

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Hansen v. Dekalb Cnty. Bd. of Tax Assessors, 295 Ga. 385 (Ga. 2014).

Cited 4 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jun 30, 2014 | 761 S.E.2d 35

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Willis v. State, 304 Ga. 686 (Ga. 2018).

Cited 1 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Oct 22, 2018

Hansen v. Dekalb Cnty. Bd. of Tax Assessors (Ga. 2014).

Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jun 30, 2014