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title: O.C.G.A. § 31-23-8. Effect of chapter upon existing methods of treatment or instruction.
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# O.C.G.A. § 31-23-8. Effect of chapter upon existing methods of treatment or instruction.

Nothing in this chapter shall affect, interfere with, or change presently existing methods of the medical or scientific operation, treatment, examination, or instruction pertaining to the eyes of human beings as the same is now carried on in the hospitals or under the medical schools of this state.

## History

Ga. L. 1961, p. 582, § 8; Code 1933, § 88-2008, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1499, § 4.