Georgia § 31-9A-5 - Requirements in case of medical emergency.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 31-9A-5 — Requirements in case of medical emergency., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 31-9A-5. Requirements in case of medical emergency.
When a medical emergency compels the performance of an abortion, the physician shall inform the female prior to the abortion, if medically reasonable and prudent, of the medical indications supporting the physician's judgment that an abortion is medically necessary to avert her death or that a 24 hour delay will create serious risk of substantial or irreversible impairment of a major bodily function. Any physician who complies with subsection (a) of this Code section shall not be held civilly liable to a patient for failure to obtain informed consent to an abortion. (Code 1981, § 31-9A-5 , enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 1450, § 6/HB 197.)
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