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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 31. HEALTH · Chapter 11. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

31-11-5. Rules and regulations.

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

  1. (a)

    The department is authorized to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for the protection of the public health:#

    1. (1)

      Prescribing reasonable health, sanitation, and safety standards for transporting patients in ambulances;#

    2. (2)

      Prescribing reasonable conditions under which ambulance attendants are required;#

    3. (3)

      Establishing criteria for the training of ambulance attendants; and#

    4. (4)

      The emergency medical technician course is to be offered at area hospitals and area technical vocational schools in conjunction with their emergency patient care and personnel training programs.#

  2. (b)

    Nothing in this Code section shall authorize the department to adopt and promulgate rules or regulations which shall prevent the continued use of dual purpose funeral coaches or hearses currently being used as ambulances if the vehicles otherwise conform in all respects to the requirements of Code Section 31-11-34, except for their size and shape.#

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 1933, § 88-3112, enacted by Ga. L. 1972, p. 625, § 1; Ga. L. 2003, p. 304, § 3.

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

Text read from t31-(v23)-2025-pdf.pdf, Volume V23, 2025 edition, pages 692 to 693; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 ba5a57f85d04.