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

O.C.G.A. § 43-34-290 (2019)

Confidentiality of records

✓ O.C.G.A.: 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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Law enforcement officers, medical examiners, the Georgia Drugs and Narcotics Agency, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Medical Examiner’s Office, when investigating deaths which may be the result of medication administered or prescribed or a procedure conducted at a pain management clinic as defined by paragraph (7) of Code Section 43-34-282 either by an individual licensed under Chapter 34 of Title 43 or by an individual under the supervision or delegated authority of such person, are authorized to send pertinent records on such deaths to the board. Such records shall be confidential, not subject to Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50, relating to open records, and shall not be disclosed without the approval of the board.

History

Code 1981, § 43-34-290, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 515, § 2/HB 178.

ARTICLE 11 INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT Effective date. - This article became effective July 1, 2019.

Annotations

Code Commission notes. - Pursuant

to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2019, this Article, as enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 687, § 21/HB 166, was redesignated as Article

12.