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Title 26. FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS · Chapter 2. STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD · Article 13. FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS
26-2-374. Contents and posting of notices relating to assistance to persons choking; relief from civil liability of persons rendering emergency aid.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
- (a)
The Department of Public Health shall print and distribute notices to every food service establishment in this state explaining the proper procedures to be taken to assist or aid persons who are choking. The notices shall contain such information as is found appropriate or necessary by the department and shall be posted and maintained by the food service establishment in a conspicuous place or places on the premises as required by the department.#
- (b)
Any person who renders emergency aid in good faith to persons who are choking, without any charge for his services, shall not be liable for any civil damages for any act or omission in rendering such emergency aid or as a result of any act or failure to act to provide or arrange for further treatment or care for such persons.#
History
Code 1933, § 88-1004.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1979, p. 1272, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-4/HB 228; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 6-3/HB 214.
Cross references
Relief from civil liability of persons rendering emergency care generally, § 51-1-29.
Law reviews
For comment, “Good Samaritan Laws — Legal Disarray: An Update,” see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 1439 (1987). For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 147 (2011).
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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Text read from t24-t26-(v21)-2023-pdf.pdf, Volume V21, 2023 edition, page 430; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 8eab3bec6887.