O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 51-1-44 (2019)

Limitation of liability for dental students

✓ 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) No dental student who participates in the provision of dental care or dental treatment under the supervision of a medical facility, academic institution, or dentist, as a part of an academic curriculum leading to the award of a dental degree, shall be liable for any civil damages to the patient as a result of any act or omission in such participation, except for willful or wanton misconduct.

(b) Subsection (a) of this Code section shall not be construed to affect or limit the liability of a medical facility, academic institution, or dentist.

History

(Code 1981, § 51-1-44, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1051, § 1.)

Annotations

Cross references. - Dentists, T. 43, C. 11.

Code Commission notes. - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1993, Code

Section 51-1-43, as enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1051, § 1, was redesignated as Code Section 51-1-44.

Law reviews. - For note on 1993 enactment of this Code section, see 10 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 228 (1993).