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# O.C.G.A. § 49-7-2. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the term:

(1) “Agencies” means the department, county boards of health, health districts, county departments of family and children services, and district departments of family and children services.

(2) “Family-planning services” means counseling and interviews with trained personnel regarding birth control, infertility, and family-planning methods and procedures; distribution of literature relating to birth control, infertility, and family planning; referral to licensed physicians or local health departments for consultation, examination, tests, medical treatment, and prescriptions for the purposes of birth control, infertility, and family planning; and, to the extent prescribed, the distribution of rhythm charts, drugs, medical preparations, contraceptive devices, and similar products used for birth control and family planning.

## History

Ga. L. 1966, p. 228, § 2.

## Administrative Rules and Regulations

Serologic test for pregnant women, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Department of Public Health, Health Promotion, § 511-5-4-.01 et seq.