Georgia § 43-26-51 - Mandatory reporting requirement for violations of grounds for discipline; no reporting requirement for knowledge obtained via privileged communications.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 43-26-51 — Mandatory reporting requirement for violations of grounds for discipline; no reporting requirement for knowledge obtained via privileged communications., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 43-26-51. Mandatory reporting requirement for violations of grounds for discipline; no reporting requirement for knowledge obtained via privileged communications.
A nurse shall report names of subject individuals to the board if the nurse has reasonable cause to believe that any other nurse has violated any of the grounds for discipline provided for in Code Section 43-26-53. A nurse need not duplicate a report if he or she has reasonable cause to believe that such report has been made to the board. A licensed health care professional shall not be required to report a nurse to the board under this Code section as a result of professional knowledge obtained in the course of the health care professional-patient relationship when the nurse is the patient. (Code 1981, § 43-26-51 , enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 830, § 4/HB 315; Ga. L. 2014, p. 866, § 43/SB 340.) The 2014 amendment, effective July 1, 2014, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted "board" for "applicable board" throughout this Code section.
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