TITLE 38
MILITARY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS
Section 3. Emergency Management, 38-3-1 through 38-3-191.
ARTICLE 11
UNIFORM EMERGENCY VOLUNTEER HEALTH PRACTITIONERS ACT
38-3-168. Construction with other provisions; inclusion.
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This article shall not limit rights, privileges, or immunities provided to volunteer health practitioners by laws other than this article. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, this article shall not affect requirements for the use of health practitioners pursuant to the Emergency Management Assistance Compact.
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The Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency, pursuant to the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, may incorporate into the emergency forces of this state volunteer health practitioners who are not officers or employees of this state, a political subdivision of this state, or a municipality or other local government within this state.
(Code 1981, §38-3-168, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 296, § 1/SB 230.)
Code Commission notes.
- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2016, "and Homeland Security" was inserted after "Georgia Emergency Management" in subsection (b).
