Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 31. HEALTH · Chapter 11. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES · Article 6. SYSTEM OF CERTIFIED STROKE CENTERS

31-11-117. Statutory construction.

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

This article shall not be construed to be a medical practice guideline and shall not be used to restrict the authority of a hospital to provide services for which it has received a license under state law. The General Assembly intends that all patients be treated individually based on each patient’s needs and circumstances.

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, § 31-11-117, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 1102, § 2/SB 549; Ga. L. 2016, p. 438, § 1/HB 853.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2016, p. 438, § 2/HB 853, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “The department shall begin the rulemaking process to effect the provisions of this Act no later than June 30, 2016.”

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