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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 31. HEALTH · Chapter 12. CONTROL OF HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS, PREVENTABLE DISEASES, AND METABOLIC DISORDERS

31-12-5. State-wide network for medical genetics services.

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

  1. (a)

    The department and appropriate medical centers shall cooperate in the development of a state-wide network for medical genetics.#

  2. (b)

    The network shall be available state-wide and will be responsible for training of personnel in genetics, research in inborn errors of metabolism, and quality control of laboratory services for genetics. This system shall also provide counseling regarding genetically caused disorders.#

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, § 88-1203, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 2262, § 2.

Administrative rules and regulations

Testing for Inherited Disorders in the Newborn, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of Department of Public Health, Health Promotion, Rule 511-5-5-.01 et seq.

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

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