31-20-2. Performance of sterilization procedure upon request.

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

It shall be lawful for any physician to perform a sterilization procedure upon a person 18 years of age or over, or less than 18 years of age if legally married, provided that a request in writing is made by such person and provided, further, that, prior to or at the time of such request, a full and reasonable medical explanation is given by such physician to such person as to the meaning and consequence of such operation.

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

Ga. L. 1966, p. 453, § 2; Ga. L. 1970, p. 683, § 2; Ga. L. 1990, p. 325, § 1; Ga. L. 2025, p. 1029, § 31(52)/SB 153, effective July 1, 2025.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “that, prior to or at the time of such request,” for “that prior to or at the time of such request” in the middle of this Code section.

Law reviews

For note on 1990 amendment of this Code section, see 7 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 309 (1990).

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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 853 to 854; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 ba5a57f85d04.