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Title 38. MILITARY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS · Chapter 3. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT · Article 11. UNIFORM EMERGENCY VOLUNTEER HEALTH PRACTITIONERS ACT

38-3-168. Construction with other provisions; inclusion.

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

  1. (a)

    This article shall not limit rights, privileges, or immunities provided to volunteer health practitioners by laws other than this article. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, this article shall not affect requirements for the use of health practitioners pursuant to the Emergency Management Assistance Compact.#

  2. (b)

    The Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency, pursuant to the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, may incorporate into the emergency forces of this state volunteer health practitioners who are not officers or employees of this state, a political subdivision of this state, or a municipality or other local government within this state.#

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, § 38-3-168, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 296, § 1/SB 230.

Code Commission notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2016, ‘‘and Homeland Security’’ was inserted after ‘‘Georgia Emergency Management’’ in subsection (b).

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Text read from t37-t39-(v28)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V28, 2021 edition, pages 627 to 628; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 4eed692485f5.