--- title: O.C.G.A. § 31-10-3. Rules and regulations. collection: code id: 31-10-3 cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 31-10-3 (2025) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-3 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-3.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-3/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t31-(v23)-2025-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=da7ded69_0#page=640 date: 2025 status: active corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68 license: CC0-1.0 publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-2.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-4.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md version: the only printed version in_force: true current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia heading_path: HEALTH / VITAL RECORDS --- # O.C.G.A. § 31-10-3. Rules and regulations. The department is authorized to adopt, amend, and repeal rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter. ## History Code 1933, § 88-1703, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, § 1; Code 1981, § 31-10-3, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, § 2.