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title: Title 31, Chapter 1. General Provisions
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date: 2025
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heading: GENERAL PROVISIONS
title_heading: HEALTH
section_count: 26
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# Title 31, Chapter 1. General Provisions

Title 31. Health

26 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-1.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 31-1-1, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-1-1.md
- 31-1-2, Use of flammable materials in prescription eyeglass and sunglass frames; delivery of completed products; penalty, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-1-2.md
- 31-1-3, Detection of hearing impairments in infants; evaluations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-1-3.md
- 31-1-3.1, Reporting disabled newborn persons; referral to and rosters of treatment and rehabilitative services; immunity, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-1-3.1.md
- 31-1-3.2, Hearing screenings for newborns, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-1-3.2.md
- 31-1-4, False representation and impersonation; penalty, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-1-4.md
- 31-1-5, Compensation of employees for damage to wearing apparel caused by patients, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-1-5.md
- 31-1-6, Reuse of heart pacemakers, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-1-6.md
- 31-1-7, Marking of dentures and other removable dental prostheses for identification, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-1-7.md
- 31-1-8, Notice of proposed special facility, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-1-8.md
- 31-1-9, Breastfeeding of baby, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-1-9.md
- 31-1-10, State health officer; duties; authorized state-wide prescriptions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-1-10.md
- 31-1-11, No legal compulsion to participate in health care system; no legal prohibition on purchase or sale of health insurance in private health care systems, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-1-11.md
- 31-1-12, Educational information on pertussis and vaccine for parents of newborns, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-1-12.md
- 31-1-13, Hemophilia Advisory Board, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-1-13.md
- 31-1-14, Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) forms, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-1-14.md
- 31-1-15, Use of auto-injectable epinephrine by authorized entities, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-1-15.md
- 31-1-16, Reporting information concerning nurses holding multistate licenses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-1-16.md
- 31-1-17, Notification of dense breast tissue, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-1-17.md
- 31-1-18, Individuals with high risk for breast cancer; consumer information, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-1-18.md
- 31-1-19, Prohibition on use of state resources to advocate for or influence citizens in support of Medicaid expansion, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-1-19.md
- 31-1-20, , reserved through 31-1-22 (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-1-20.md
- 31-1-23, Blindness education, screening, and treatment program, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-1-23.md
- 31-1-24, Organ transplant protections for individuals with disabilities; civil relief for violations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-1-24.md
- 31-1-25, Required information for potential patient-subjects for cancer clinical trials; reimbursements; federal compliance, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-1-25.md
- 31-1-26, In vitro fertilization; construction of Code, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-1-26.md