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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 31. HEALTH · Chapter 2A. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH · Article 3. PERINATAL FACILITIES

31-2A-51. Definitions.

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

  1. As used in this article, the term:

  2. (1)

    “Designated facility” means a perinatal facility that has been inspected and approved by the department pursuant to this article as meeting its established criteria for a particular maternal or neonatal level of care.#

  3. (2)

    “Perinatal facility” means a hospital, clinic, or birthing center that provides maternal or neonatal health care services.#

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

Code 1981, § 31-2A-51, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 344, § 1/HB 909.

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

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