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# O.C.G.A. § 19-10A-2. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the term:

(1) “Fire station” means a facility of any fire department which is authorized to exercise the general and emergency powers enumerated in Code Sections 25-3-1 and 25-3-2.

(2) “Medical facility” means any licensed general or specialized hospital, institutional infirmary, health center operated by a county board of health, or facility where human births occur on a regular and ongoing basis which is classified by the Department of Community Health as a birthing center, but shall not mean physicians’ or dentists’ private offices.

(3) “Police station” means a facility of any sheriff’s office, municipal police department, or county police department.

## History

Code 1981, § 19-10A-2, enacted by Ga. L. 2002, p. 1137, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 12, § 2-1/SB 433; Ga. L. 2017, p. 522, § 1/HB 391.