O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 43-11-44 (2019)

Discretionary decisions involving treatment of patients

✓ 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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It is a matter of public interest that all decisions involving or affecting the clinical dental treatment of a patient shall be left to the sole discretion of the licensed dentist providing treatment to the patient. The board shall be authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to supplement and ensure compliance with the requirements of this Code section.

History

Code 1981, § 43-11-44, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 234, § 16.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. The original version of this Code section was based on Ga. L. 1920, p. 132, § 9; Ga.

L. 1921, p. 179, § 2; Code 1933, § 84-711; Ga. L. 1976, p. 484, § 1. Subsequently, a new Code section was enacted, concerning registration of licenses, that was then repealed by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1389, § 4.