Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 31. HEALTH · Chapter 8. CARE AND PROTECTION OF INDIGENT AND ELDERLY PATIENTS · Article 2A. HOSPITAL CARE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN

31-8-44. Immunity from liability.

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

No physician, nurse, or other such medical assistant, nor the hospital or any of its agents or employees shall be guilty of malpractice or civilly liable therefor for treatment rendered under this article unless the physician, nurse, or other medical assistant, or the hospital, its agent, or employee has been grossly negligent in the provision of such services or has willfully failed to comply with the provisions of this article. No action shall be brought in connection with treatment rendered under this article without a specific allegation of gross negligence or willful failure to comply.

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.

Code 1981, § 31-8-44, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1389, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 829, § 3.

Actions for medical malpractice generally, § 51-1-27.

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

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