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title: O.C.G.A. § 31-22-7. Reports to department.
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# O.C.G.A. § 31-22-7. Reports to department.

The department shall require reporting by clinical laboratories of evidence of such infectious diseases as the department may specify and shall furnish forms for such reporting. No clinical laboratory making reports shall be held liable for having violated a trust or confidential relationship. The reports submitted shall be deemed confidential and not subject to public inspection.

## History

Ga. L. 1970, p. 531, § 6; Ga. L. 2021, p. 472, § 1/HB 93.