O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 31-38-12 (2019)

Effect of chapter on administrator; administrator’s immunity from liability

✓ 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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Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as imposing any duty, requirement, or enforcement authority upon the Attorney General except as described in Code Section 31-38-11, provided that nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed in any manner as limiting the Attorney General from exercising any of his or her duties, powers, or authority under any other law. The Attorney General shall not be liable to any person for any reason as a result of granting or failing to grant any variance under Code Section 31-38-11.

History

Code 1981, § 31-38-12, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1411, § 2; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1088, § 20/SB 148.

CHAPTER 39 CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION Sec.

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Legislative findings and intent. Definitions. Patient presumed to consent to administration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation; patient’s order not to resuscitate; health care facilities not required to expand to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Annotations

Cross references. - Advance directives for health care, T. 31, C. 32.

Code Commission notes. - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1991, this chapter, which was designated as Chapter 38 of Title 31, was redesignated as Chapter 39 thereof, since there exists another Chapter 38 of Title 31.

Law reviews. - For annual survey article on domestic relations law, see 45 Mercer L. Rev. 215 (1993). For article, "Medical Decision-Making in Georgia," see 10 Ga. St. B. J. 50 (2005).

For note on 1995 amendments and enactments of Code sections in this chapter, see 12 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 223 (1995).