Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 31. HEALTH · Chapter 52. TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT’S RIGHT TO TRY INVESTIGATIONAL DRUGS, BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS, AND DEVICES · Article 1. RIGHT TO TRY

31-52-8. Physician immunity from professional sanction.

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

The Georgia Composite Medical Board shall not revoke, suspend, sanction, fail to renew, or take any other action against a physician’s license solely based on such physician’s recommendation, prescription, or treatment of an eligible patient with an investigational drug, biological product, or device pursuant to this article.

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, § 31-52-8, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 345, § 1/HB 34; Ga. L. 2025, p. 455, § 3/SB 72, effective July 1, 2025.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, substituted “article” for “chapter” at the end of this Code section.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2025, p. 455, § 1/SB 72, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Hope for Georgia Patients Act.’”

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