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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 31. HEALTH · Chapter 32. ADVANCE DIRECTIVES FOR HEALTH CARE

31-32-3. Savings clause for existing living wills and durable powers of attorney for health care.

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  1. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to, affect, or invalidate a living will or durable power of attorney for health care executed prior to July 1, 2007, to which the provisions of former Chapter 32 or Chapter 36 of this title shall continue to apply, nor shall it affect any claim, right, or remedy that accrued prior to July 1, 2007.

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, § 31-32-3, enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 133, § 2/HB 24.

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