O.C.G.A. § 31-8-304 (2019)
Rules and regulations; waiver
(a) No later than January 1, 2017, the Department of Public Health shall establish rules and regulations to implement the program according to the provisions of this article for criteria for eligible recipients; standards and procedures for safely storing and dispensing donated drugs; criteria for eligible patients to receive donated drugs, including priority for patients who are indigent, uninsured, underinsured, or enrolled in a public assistance health benefits program; and handling fees that may be charged by eligible recipients to eligible patients to cover restocking, marketing, administrative, and dispensing costs.
(b) The Department of Public Health may waive any provision of this article if it determines that the waiver is in the interest of public health and safety.
History
Code 1981, § 31-8-304, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 524, § 1/HB 897.
T.31, C.9 CONSENT FOR SURGICAL OR MEDICAL TREATMENT T.31, C.9
CHAPTER 9 CONSENT FOR SURGICAL OR MEDICAL TREATMENT Sec.
Short title. Persons authorized to consent to surgical or medical treatment. Emergencies. Applicability of chapter to care and treatment of mentally ill. Applicability of chapter to abortion and sterilization procedures. Construction of chapter; requirements of valid consent.
Annotations
Cross references. - Adult's reliance on prayer or religious nonmedical means of treatment of dependent, § 15-11-107.
Administrative Rules and Regulations. - Professional services, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Department of Community Health, Healthcare Facility Regulation, § 111-8-4-.09.
Informed consent, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Composite Medical Board, Chapter 360-14.
Law reviews. - For article, "Informed Consent: New Georgia Guidelines," discussing law of medical consent in Georgia, in light of Young v. Yarn, 136 Ga. App. 737, 222 S.E.2d 113 (1975), see 12 Ga. St. B. J. 197 (1976). For article, "Res Ipsa Loquitur and Medical Malpractice in Georgia: A Reassessment," see 17 Ga. L. Rev. 33 (1982). For article, "Baby Doe Cases: Compromise and Moral Dilemma," see 34 Emory L.J. 545 (1986).
For note, "The Evolution of the Doctrine of Informed Consent," see 12 Ga. L. Rev. 581 (1978).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Cited in Watson v. Worthy, 151 Ga. App. 131, 259 S.E.2d 138 (1979).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d. - 61 Am. Jur. 2d, Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Healers, §§ 148, 149, 150, 154.
C.J.S. - 70 C.J.S., Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Health Care Providers, §§ 103 et seq., 112 et seq., 138.
ALR. - Consent as condition of right to perform surgical operation, 76 A.L.R. 562; 139 A.L.R. 1370.
Mental competency of patient to consent to surgical operation or medical treatment, 25 A.L.R.3d 1439.
Necessity and sufficiency of expert evidence to establish existence and extent of physician's duty to inform patient of risks of proposed treatment, 52 A.L.R.3d 1084.
Power of court or other public agency to order medical treatment for child over parental objections not based on religious grounds, 97 A.L.R.3d 421.
Medical practitioner's liability for treatment given child without parent's consent, 67 A.L.R.4th 511.
Power of court or other public agency to order medical treatment over parental religious objections for child whose life is not immediately endangered, 21 A.L.R.5th 248.