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O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 43-34-68 (2019)

Informed consent requirements

✓ 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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(a) Any person who undergoes acupuncture must consent to such procedure and shall be informed in general terms of the following:

PHYSICIANS, ASSISTANTS, & OTHERS

(1) That the practice of acupuncture is based upon the Oriental arts and is completely distinct and different from traditional western medicine;

(2) That the acupuncturist cannot practice medicine, is not making a medical diagnosis of the person’s disease or condition, and that such person should see a physician if he or she wants to obtain a medical diagnosis; and

(3) The nature and the purpose of the acupuncture treatment.

(b) The board shall develop a standard informed consent form to be used by persons licensed under this article. Such informed consent form shall include the information set forth in subsection (a) of this Code section as well as any other and additional information the board deems appropriate. The information set forth in the informed consent form shall be in language which is easy to read and readily understandable to the consuming public.

History

Code 1981, § 43-34-68, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 538, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 1/HB 509.

Annotations

Code Commission notes. - Pursuant

to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2002, Code Section 43-34-68, as enacted by Ga. L. 2002, p. 1273, § 1, was redesignated as Code Section 43-34-198.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2009–2009 · leading case: Blotner v. Doreika, 678 S.E.2d 80 (Ga. 2009).
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Blotner v. Doreika, 678 S.E.2d 80 (Ga. 2009). · cites it 8× “The Court of Appeals first erred by holding that Georgia recognizes the common law doctrine of informed consent. As this Court expressly stated in Albany Urology Clinic v.”
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