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title: Title 31, Chapter 20. Performance of Sterilization Procedures
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date: 2025
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heading: PERFORMANCE OF STERILIZATION PROCEDURES
title_heading: HEALTH
section_count: 6
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# Title 31, Chapter 20. Performance of Sterilization Procedures

Title 31. Health

6 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-20.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 31-20-1, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-20-1.md
- 31-20-2, Performance of sterilization procedure upon request, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-20-2.md
- 31-20-3, Sterilization of mentally incompetent persons, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-20-3.md
- 31-20-4, Restriction on performance of sterilization procedure, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-20-4.md
- 31-20-5, Civil and criminal liability; compliance where other medical treatment may result in sterilization, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-20-5.md
- 31-20-6, Exemptions from requirements of chapter, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-20-6.md