O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 31-7-142 (2019)
Liability of those providing health care facilities or services
✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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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.
History
Ga. L. 1975, p. 739, § 3; Code 1981, § 31-7-142, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 22.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1988–1988 · leading case: Emory Clinic v. Houston, 369 S.E.2d 913 (Ga. 1988).
Emory Clinic v. Houston, 369 S.E.2d 913 (Ga. 1988). “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.”
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