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title: O.C.G.A. § 43-1B-8. Exception for health care providers with interest in health service regulated by federal law.
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# O.C.G.A. § 43-1B-8. Exception for health care providers with interest in health service regulated by federal law.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, this chapter shall not apply to any health care provider or to any designated health service if the financial interest of such health care provider in such designated health service is restricted or regulated pursuant to any federal law which is applicable to such health care provider or designated health service and which covers private paying patients as well as medicare or Medicaid patients.

## History

Code 1981, § 43-1B-8, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 521, § 1.