O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 31-33-6 (2019)
Confidential communications
✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as destroying or diminishing the privileged or confidential nature of any communication now or hereafter recognized by law.
History
Code 1981, § 31-32-6, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1680, § 1; Code
1981, § 31-33-6, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 31.
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Stoneridge Properties, Inc. v. Kuper, 178 Ga. App. 409, 343 S.E.2d 424 (1986).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2009–2009 · leading case: Alvista Healthcare Ctr., Inc. v. Miller, 686 S.E.2d 96 (Ga. 2009).
Alvista Healthcare Ctr., Inc. v. Miller, 686 S.E.2d 96 (Ga. 2009). “However, the statute permits her to obtain all types of medical records, other than mental health records as excepted by OCGA § 31-33-4, and subject to the preservation in OCGA § 31-33-6 of the privileged or confidential nature of communications recognized in other laws.”
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