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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 19. DOMESTIC RELATIONS · Chapter 15. CHILD ABUSE

19-15-5. Meetings and proceedings of committees or subcommittees and panels.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    A protocol committee or review committee in the exercise of its duties shall be closed to the public and shall not be subject to Chapter 14 of Title 50, relating to open meetings.#

  2. (b)

    The panel shall be open to the public as long as information identifying a deceased or abused child, any family member of the child, or alleged or suspected perpetrator of abuse upon the child is not disclosed during such meetings or proceedings, but the panel is authorized to close such meeting to the public when such identifying information is required to be disclosed to members of the panel in order for the panel to carry out its duties.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 19-1-5, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1785, § 1; Code 1981, § 19-15-5, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 19; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1695, § 2; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1941, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 1158, § 1.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 1990, p. 1785, § 2, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that nothing in this Code section shall be construed to authorize or require the inspection of any records or the release of any information if that inspection or release would result in the loss of any federal funds to the state.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t18-t19-(v16)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volume V16, 2022 edition, page 1337; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 eddc877da9f2.