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O.C.G.A. § 43-26-30 (2019)

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This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Georgia Practical Nurses Practice Act.”

History

Code 1981, § 43-26-30, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2151, § 1.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Nurses may not write or telephone in prescriptions by referring to writ-

ten protocol. 1988 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 88-9.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 61 Am. Jur. 2d, Physicians, Surgeons and Other Healers, § 7 et seq. C.J.S. 70 C.J.S., Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Health-Care Providers, § 1 et seq.

ALR. Nurse’s liability for her own negligence or malpractice, 51 A.L.R.2d 970.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1994–1999 · leading case: Howard v. City of Columbus, 521 S.E.2d 51 (Ga. Ct. App. 1999).
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Howard v. City of Columbus, 521 S.E.2d 51 (Ga. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 4× “See OCGA § 43-26-30 et seq. "The practice of licensed practical nursing" means the provision of care for compensation, under the supervision of a physician practicing medicine, a dentist practicing dentistry, a podiatrist practicing podiatry, or a registered nurse practicing…”
Hosp. Resource Pers., Inc. v. United States, 860 F. Supp. 1557 (S.D. Ga. 1994). · cites it 2× “, and Georgia Practical Nurses Practice Act, O.C.G.A. § 43-26-30, et seq.; the nurses, not Plaintiff, control when, how often, where, and all of the details of how their work is performed; the nurses are responsible for their own training and certification; each individual nurse…”
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