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title: O.C.G.A. § 31-17-2. Report of diagnosis or treatment to health authorities.
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# O.C.G.A. § 31-17-2. Report of diagnosis or treatment to health authorities.

Any physician or other person who makes a diagnosis of or treats a case of sexually transmitted disease and any superintendent or manager of a hospital, dispensary, or charitable or penal institution in which there is discovered a case of sexually transmitted disease shall make report of such case to the health authorities in such form and manner as the Department of Public Health shall direct.

## History

Ga. L. 1918, p. 275, § 2; Code 1933, § 88-502; Code 1933, § 88-1602, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-4/HB 228; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 6-3/HB 214; Ga. L. 2020, p. 55, § 8/SB 372.

## Law Reviews

For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 147 (2011).