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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 9. CIVIL PRACTICE · Chapter 3. LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS · Article 4. LIMITATIONS FOR MALPRACTICE ACTIONS

9-3-70. “Action for medical malpractice” defined.

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

  1. As used in this article, the term “action for medical malpractice” means any claim for damages resulting from the death of or injury to any person arising out of:

  2. (1)

    Health, medical, dental, or surgical service, diagnosis, prescription, treatment, or care rendered by a person authorized by law to perform such service or by any person acting under the supervision and control of the lawfully authorized person; or#

  3. (2)

    Care or service rendered by any public or private hospital, nursing home, clinic, hospital authority, facility, or institution, or by any officer, agent, or employee thereof acting within the scope of his employment.#

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 1933, § 3-1101, enacted by Ga. L. 1976, p. 1363, § 1.

Law reviews

For annual survey on torts, see 36 Mercer L. Rev. 327 (1984). For note, “You Can’t Get There from Here — Questioning the Erosion of ERISA Preemption in Medical Malpractice Actions Against HMOs,” see 30 Ga. L. Rev. 1023 (1996). For article, “State of Emergency: Why Georgia’s Standard of Care in Emergency Rooms is Harmful to Your Health,” see 45 Ga. L. Rev. 275 (2010). For article, “When Do State Laws Determine ERISA Plan Benefit Rights?,” see 47 J. Marshall L. Rev. 145 (2014).

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

Text read from t9-ch1-10-(v6)-2023-pdf.pdf, Volume V6, 2023 edition, pages 307 to 308; merge action: annotated; file SHA-256 ea8a520ad52f.