O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 35-3-12 (2019)

Payment of medical and similar expenses of members injured in line of duty; procedure

✓ 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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The bureau is authorized to pay all medical, surgical, hospital, nursing, and other similar expenses incurred by any member of the bureau as a result of injuries received in the line of duty. The bureau is authorized to make such payments in addition to any award made by the State Board of Workers’ Compensation based on such injuries. Such payments shall be made only upon proper presentation of bills to the bureau. The bureau and the injured party shall together ascertain the correctness of all bills presented. No payments shall be made without the approval of the bureau.

History

Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 392, § 1.

Annotations

Cross references. - Workers’ compensation generally, T. 34, C. 9. Insuring

and indemnification of public officers and employees, T. 45, C. 9. State Employees’ Health Insurance Plan, T. 45, C. 18, A. 1.

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Members paid for medical expenses for injuries in line of duty. - Members of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation may receive payments for medical ex-

penses incurred as a result of injuries received in the line of duty. 1974 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 74-80.