O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 31-7-21 (2019)

Provision of influenza education information to assisted living community residents

✓ 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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(a) 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.

(b) 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.

(c) 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.

History

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

Annotations

Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 2008, p. 224, § 2/SB 130, effective July 1, 2008, repealed this Code section. Former Code

Section 31-7-21 was part of former Article 2 of this chapter, relating to the Georgia Building Authority (Hospital), and was based on Ga. L. 1939, p. 144, § 3; Ga. L. 1964, p. 95, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 860, § 2.