Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 31. HEALTH · Chapter 7. REGULATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE FACILITIES · Article 6A. MEDICAL REVIEW COMMITTEES

31-7-141. Committee members immune from liability.

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

There shall be no monetary liability on the part of and no cause of action for damages shall arise against any member of a duly appointed medical review committee for any act or proceeding undertaken or performed within the scope of the functions of any such committee if the committee member acts without malice or fraud. This immunity shall apply only to actions by providers of health services, and in no way shall this Code section render any medical review committee immune from any action in tort or contract brought by a patient or his successors or assigns. This Code section shall not affect the immunity of an officer or an employee of a public corporation.

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.

Ga. L. 1975, p. 739, § 2; Code 1981, § 31-7-141, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 22.

Immunity of persons furnishing information to peer review groups from civil liability, § 31-7-130 et seq.

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

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