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2018 Georgia Code 31-8-180 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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TITLE 31 HEALTH

Section 8. Care and Protection of Indigent and Elderly Patients, 31-8-1 through 31-8-306.

ARTICLE 7 DISCLOSURE OF TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE OR ALZHEIMER'S RELATED DEMENTIA

31-8-180. Definitions.

As used in this article, the term:

  1. "Alzheimer's disease" or "Alzheimer's related dementia" means a progressive, degenerative disease or condition that attacks the brain and results in impaired memory, thinking, and behavior.
  2. "Care," "treatment," and "therapeutic activities" shall not include the sole activity of marketing, selling, manufacturing, or dispensing medication which is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration and prescribed by a person licensed to practice medicine in accordance with Chapter 34 of Title 43 and informational or support services related to the use of such medication.
  3. "Department" means the Department of Community Health.

(Code 1981, §31-8-180, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 841, § 1; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 4-14/HB 214.)

The 2011 amendment, effective July 1, 2011, added paragraph (3).

Cross references.

- Alzheimer's and Related Dementias State Plan, § T. 49, C. 6, Art. 8.

Code Commission notes.

- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1995, a hyphen was deleted between "Alzheimer's" and "related" in paragraph (1).

Law reviews.

- For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 147 (2011).

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