Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

31-2A-55. Provisions are not medical care; individualized care and treatment.

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This article, and any criteria developed by the department pursuant to this article, shall not be construed to be a medical practice guideline or to establish a standard of care for treatment and shall not be used to restrict or expand the authority of a hospital or other health care facility to provide services for which it has received a license under state law. The General Assembly intends that all patients be treated individually based on each patient’s needs and circumstances.

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.

Code 1981, § 31-2A-55, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 344, § 1/HB 909.

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