Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 35. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES · Chapter 2. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

35-2-9. Payment of medical and other similar expenses of members of Georgia State Patrol injured in line of duty; procedure.

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

The department is authorized to pay all medical, surgical, hospital, nursing, and other similar expenses incurred by any member of the Georgia State Patrol as a result of injuries received in the line of duty. The department is authorized to make such payments in addition to any award made by the State Board of Workers’ Compensation based on such injuries. Such payments shall only be made upon proper presentation of bills to the comptroller of the department. The comptroller and the injured party shall together ascertain the correctness of all bills presented. No payments shall be made without the approval of the commissioner.

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. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 392, § 1.

Workers’ compensation generally, § 34-9-1 et seq. State employees’ health insurance, § 45-18-1 et seq.

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