TITLE 31 HEALTH

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

ARTICLE 1 REGULATION OF HOSPITALS AND RELATED INSTITUTIONS

31-7-21. Provision of influenza education information to assisted living community residents.

1. Each assisted living community shall annually provide to each of its residents, no later than September 1 of each year, educational information on influenza disease. Such information shall include, but is not limited to, the risks associated with influenza disease; the availability, effectiveness, and known contraindications of the influenza immunization; causes and symptoms of influenza; and the means in which it is spread. Provision of the appropriate and current Vaccine Information Statement as provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall be deemed to comply with this subsection.
2. Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to require an assisted living community to provide or pay for any vaccination against influenza for its residents.
3. No person shall have a cause of action for any loss or damage caused by any act or omission resulting from providing, or the lack of providing, educational information pursuant to this Code section.

(Code 1981, §31-7-21, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 544, § 1/HB 902.)