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(Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 105, § 8; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1141, § 6; Ga. L. 2004, p. 394, § 6.)
The 2002 amendment, effective July 1, 2002, substituted ", nursing home, or provider of traumatic burn care medical practice" for "or agency" in the middle of this Code section.
The 2004 amendment, effective July 1, 2004, inserted "physician practice," near the middle of this Code section.
Cited in Dawson v. Hospital Auth., 98 Ga. App. 792, 106 S.E.2d 807 (1958); Valentine v. Allstate Ins. Co., 140 Ga. App. 411, 231 S.E.2d 799 (1976).
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