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2018 Georgia Code 31-7-142 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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O.C.G.A. 31-7-142 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 31-7-142

TITLE 31 HEALTH

Section 7. Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities, 31-7-1 through 31-7-412.

ARTICLE 6A MEDICAL REVIEW COMMITTEES

31-7-142. Liability of those providing health care facilities or services.

Code Section 31-7-141 shall not be construed to confer immunity from liability on any professional society or hospital or upon any health professional while performing services other than as a member of a medical review committee. In any case in which, except for this article, a cause of action would arise against a hospital, professional society, or any individual health professional, such cause of action shall exist as if this article had not been enacted.

(Ga. L. 1975, p. 739, § 3; Code 1981, §31-7-142, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 22.)

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 31-7-142

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Emory Clinic v. Houston, 369 S.E.2d 913 (Ga. 1988).

Cited 39 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jul 15, 1988 | 258 Ga. 434

...OCGA §§ 31-7-132 and 31-7-141 provide lists of exceptions to the immunity granted. Immunity is nullified in the event of abuse. The exceptions demonstrate the legislature's intention to allow the immunities and privileges to be nullified when they are abused. Furthermore, OCGA § 31-7-142 provides that the immunities granted to committee members under OCGA § 31-7-141 shall not confer immunity from liability on a hospital or health professional while performing service other than as a member of a medical review committee. "In any case in which, except for this article, a cause of action would arise against a hospital, professional society, or any individual health professional, such cause of action shall exist as if this article had not been enacted." OCGA § 31-7-142....