Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 44. PROPERTY · Chapter 14. MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS · Article 8. LIENS · Part 8. HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES

44-14-475. Effect of part on settlement before entry into hospital, nursing home, or traumatic burn care medical facility.

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

No settlement or release entered into or executed prior to the entry of the injured party into the hospital, nursing home, or facility which provides traumatic burn care medical practice or prior to the time the patient first sought treatment from the physician practice or chiropractic practice for the injuries shall be affected by or subject to the terms of this part.

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. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 105, § 7; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1141, § 5; Ga. L. 2004, p. 394, § 5; Ga. L. 2006, p. 334, § 5/SB 306; Ga. L. 2023, p. 399, § 1/SB 168, effective July 1, 2023.

Amendments

The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, inserted “or chiropractic practice” following “physician practice”.

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

Text read from t44-ch8-17-(v32)-pdf.pdf, Volume V32, 2022 edition, 2025 supplement, page 55; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 41d663706f28.