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O.C.G.A. § 31-7-3.1 — Posting sign by hospital operating emergency room notifying individuals of legal rights in emergencies | Georgia Code
O.C.G.A. § 31-7-3.1 (2018) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Scholar Amendments

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

31-7-3.1. Posting sign by hospital operating emergency room notifying individuals of legal rights in emergencies.

As a condition of obtaining or retaining the permit required by Code Section 31-7-3 to operate such institution, any hospital which operates an emergency room shall post conspicuously therein a sign notifying the public of the rights of individuals under federal or state law with respect to examination and treatment for emergency medical conditions and women in active labor.

(Code 1981, §31-7-3.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1810, § 1.)

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