Georgia § 31-22-7 - Reports to department.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 31-22-7 — Reports to department., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 31-22-7. Reports to department.
The department shall require reporting by clinical laboratories of evidence of such infectious diseases as the department may specify and shall furnish forms for such reporting. No clinical laboratory making reports shall be held liable for having violated a trust or confidential relationship. The reports submitted shall be deemed confidential and not subject to public inspection. Every director of a clinical laboratory shall report to the department such information regarding the operation of the clinical laboratory as the department by its rules and regulations may require in order to aid in the proper administration of this chapter. (Ga. L. 1970, p. 531, § 6.)
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