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title: O.C.G.A. § 31-7-5. Exemptions from permit requirements; application of this chapter to federally operated institutions.
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# O.C.G.A. § 31-7-5. Exemptions from permit requirements; application of this chapter to federally operated institutions.

Code Section 31-7-3 shall not apply to the offices of physicians or others practicing the healing arts unless the facilities and services described in paragraph (4) of Code Section 31-7-1 are provided therein; nor shall this chapter apply to institutions operated exclusively by the federal government or by any of its agencies.

## History

Ga. L. 1946, p. 34, § 6; Code 1933, § 88-1907, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 12, § 2-12/SB 433.