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title: O.C.G.A. § 31-2A-56. Advertisement prohibited unless designated by department.
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# O.C.G.A. § 31-2A-56. Advertisement prohibited unless designated by department.

No person or facility may advertise to the public, by way of any medium whatsoever, that it is a designated facility or has achieved a particular level of maternal or neonatal care according to the criteria established pursuant to this article, unless it has been designated as such by the department.

## History

Code 1981, § 31-2A-56, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 344, § 1/HB 909.