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title: Title 31, Chapter 9. Consent for Surgical or Medical Treatment
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date: 2025
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heading: CONSENT FOR SURGICAL OR MEDICAL TREATMENT
title_heading: HEALTH
section_count: 8
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# Title 31, Chapter 9. Consent for Surgical or Medical Treatment

Title 31. Health

8 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-9.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 31-9-1, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-9-1.md
- 31-9-2, Persons authorized to consent to surgical or medical treatment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-9-2.md
- 31-9-3, Emergencies, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-9-3.md
- 31-9-4, Applicability of chapter to care and treatment of mentally ill, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-9-4.md
- 31-9-5, Applicability of chapter to abortion and sterilization procedures, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-9-5.md
- 31-9-6, Construction of chapter; requirements of valid consent, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-9-6.md
- 31-9-6.1, Required disclosures and consent for certain procedures; exceptions; rules and regulations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-9-6.1.md
- 31-9-7, Right of persons who are at least 18 years of age to refuse to consent to treatment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-9-7.md