Georgia § 31-14-14 - Immunity from liability.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 31-14-14 — Immunity from liability., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 31-14-14. Immunity from liability.
Any physician, peace officer, attorney, or health official, or any hospital or facility official, agent, or other person employed by a private hospital or facility or at a hospital or facility operated by the state, by a political subdivision of the state, by a county board of health, or by a hospital authority created pursuant to Article 4 of Chapter 7 of Title 31, who acts in good faith in compliance with the admission and discharge provisions of this chapter shall be immune from civil or criminal liability for his or her actions in connection with the admission of a patient to or the discharge of a patient from a hospital or facility approved by the department for the care of tubercular patients. (Code 1981, § 31-14-14 , enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 1231, § 3; Ga. L. 2005, p. 1513, § 1/SB 56.)
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Section 31-14-14 ("Immunity from liability.") is part of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the codified statutory law of Georgia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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