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# O.C.G.A. § 43-18-2. Declaration of policy.

It is declared that this article shall be deemed an exercise of the health powers of the state for the prevention of the spread of infectious, communicable, and contagious diseases and for the protection of the sanitation, health, and welfare of the people of this state; and that all of this article and the regulations authorized to be made pursuant to it are necessary to effectuate its purpose.

## History

Code 1981, § 43-18-2, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1372, § 1.