Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 31. HEALTH · Chapter 11. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES · Article 7. EMERGENCY CARDIAC CARE CENTERS

31-11-137. 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 or to establish a standard of care for treatment 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.

Code 1981, § 31-11-137, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 302, § 1/SB 102.

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