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title: Title 31, Chapter 12. Control of Hazardous Conditions, Preventable Diseases, and Metabolic Disorders
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canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/31/chapter/12
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date: 2025
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heading: CONTROL OF HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS, PREVENTABLE DISEASES, AND METABOLIC DISORDERS
title_heading: HEALTH
section_count: 19
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# Title 31, Chapter 12. Control of Hazardous Conditions, Preventable Diseases, and Metabolic Disorders

Title 31. Health

19 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-12.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 31-12-1, Power to conduct research and studies, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-12-1.md
- 31-12-1.1, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-12-1.1.md
- 31-12-2, Required reporting of certain health conditions that may pose substantial risk; required reporting of neonatal abstinence syndrome, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-12-2.md
- 31-12-2.1, Investigation of potential bioterrorism activity; regulations and planning for public health emergencies, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-12-2.1.md
- 31-12-3, Power to require immunization and other preventive measures, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-12-3.md
- 31-12-3.1, Vaccination registry; reporting requirements, maintenance, and use of information, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-12-3.1.md
- 31-12-3.2, Meningococcal disease; vaccinations; disclosures, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-12-3.2.md
- 31-12-4, Isolation and segregation of diseased persons; quarantine, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-12-4.md
- 31-12-4.1, Smallpox vaccination and treatment program; immunity from liability, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-12-4.1.md
- 31-12-5, State-wide network for medical genetics services, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-12-5.md
- 31-12-6, Newborn screening system for inherited metabolic and genetic disorders; Newborn Screening and Genetics Advisory Committee, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-12-6.md
- 31-12-7, Rules and regulations regarding tests for sickle cell anemia, sickle cell trait, and other metabolic and genetic disorders; counseling; fees, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-12-7.md
- 31-12-8, Occupational health and safety, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-12-8.md
- 31-12-9, Importation, sale, and breeding of animals and birds to be kept as pets, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-12-9.md
- 31-12-10, Right of entry to facility, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-12-10.md
- 31-12-11, Abating operation of bathhouses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-12-11.md
- 31-12-12, Restrictions on sale or dispensing of contact lenses and spectacles; prescription requirements; enforcement; penalty, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-12-12.md
- 31-12-13, Bloodborne pathogen standards for occupational exposure of public employees, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-12-13.md
- 31-12-14, Cancer research program fund; contributions; accounting, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-12-14.md