Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 31. HEALTH · Chapter 7. REGULATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE FACILITIES · Article 16. DESIGNATED ESSENTIAL CAREGIVER

31-7-435. Limitation of liability.

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

Unless expressly required by federal law or regulation, the Department of Public Health and any other state agency shall be prohibited from taking any action against a hospital or long-term care facility for:
(1)
Giving a visitor or designated essential caregiver individual access to a hospital or long-term care facility controlled property or location;#
(2)
Gross negligence, willful and wanton misconduct, reckless infliction of harm, or intentional infliction of harm excepted, failing to protect or otherwise ensure the safety or comfort of a visitor or designated essential caregiver given access to a hospital or long-term care facility controlled property or location;#
(3)
Failing to follow the guidelines of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or other federal guidelines that require or recommend restricting visitor or designated essential caregiver access; or#
(4)
The acts or omissions of any visitor or designated essential caregiver who is given access to a hospital or long-term care facility controlled property or location.#

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, § 31-7-435, enacted by Ga. L. 2024, p. 664, § 2/HB 663, effective July 1, 2024.

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

Text read from t31-(v23)-2025-pdf.pdf, Volume V23, 2025 edition, pages 487 to 488; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 ba5a57f85d04.

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