Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 31. HEALTH · Chapter 29. COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS WHO CONTRACT TUBERCULOSIS OR INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS

31-29-2. Physical examination required for compensation under Code Section 31-29-1.

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(a)
In order for any employee of any state institution, agency, or department to be eligible to receive compensation under Code Section 31-29-1, he shall undergo a physical examination at the beginning of or during the course of his employment, which examination must show that he is free of tuberculosis or infectious hepatitis at the time of physical examination.#
(b)
All physical examinations conducted pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section shall be provided free of charge by the institution, agency, or department employing the person.#

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. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 513, §§ 2, 3; Code 1933, §§ 88-2402, 88-2403, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 737, § 1.

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