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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 34. LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS · Chapter 9. WORKERS’ COMPENSATION · Article 6. PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION · Part 2. METHOD OF PAYMENT

34-9-220. Period of incapacity preceding payment of compensation.

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

  1. No compensation shall be allowed for the first seven calendar days of incapacity resulting from an injury, including the day of the injury, except the benefits provided for in Code Section 34-9-200; provided, however, that, if an employee is incapacitated for 21 consecutive days following an injury, compensation shall be paid for such first seven calendar days of incapacity.

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

Ga. L. 1922, p. 185, § 2; Code 1933, § 114-401; Ga. L. 1963, p. 141, § 3; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1409, § 10.

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Text read from t34-(v26)-2017-pdf.pdf, Volume V26, 2017 edition, page 807; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 8ee6134ad6cf.