Georgia Code, Volume 23

2012·102.1 MB·English

by  State of Georgia

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OFFICIAL CODE OF GEORGIA
ANNOTATED
With Provision for Subsequent Pocket Parts
Prepared by
The Code Revision Commission
The Office ofLegislative Counsel
and
The Editorial StaffofLexisNexis®
Published UnderAuthority ofthe State ofGeorgia
Volume 23
2012 Edition
Title 31. Health
Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries
IncludingActs ofthe 2012 Session ofthe GeneralAssembly ofGeorgia
andAnnotations taken from the Georgia Reports
and the GeorgiaAppeals Reports
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Charlottesville, Virginia
2012
Copyright © 2001, 2006, 2009, 2012
BY
State of Georgia
All rights reserved.
ISBN 978-0-7698-4589-0
4190415
(Pub.41805)
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE
Brian P. Kemp, Secretary of State of the
I,
State of Georgia, do hereby certify that
the statutory portion ofthe Official Code ofGeorgia Annotated contained
in this volume is a true and correct copy ofsuch material as enacted by
the General Assembly ofGeorgia; all as same appear offile and record in
this office.
INTESTIMONYWHEREOF,Ihavehereuntosetmyhandandaffixed
thesealofmyoffice,attheCapitol,intheCityofAtlanta,
this26thdayofJune,intheyearofourLordTwoThousand
and Twelve and ofthe Independence ofthe United
StatesofAmericatheTwoHundredandThirty-Sixth.
BrianP. Kemp,SecretaryofState

Preface
This volume cumulates and replaces the 2009 edition ofVolume 23 of
the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, as supplemented by the 2011
Cumulative Supplement. The 2009 edition ofVolume 23 and its 2011
Cumulative Supplement may thus be discarded or, ifso desired, may be
retained for historical purposes.
This volume contains all laws specifically codified in Titles 31 and 32
by the General Assembly through the 2012 Session. This volume also
contains case annotations reflecting decisions posted to LexisNexis®
through March 30, 2012. These annotations will appear in the following
traditional reporter sources: Georgia Supreme Court Opinions; Georgia
Appeals Court Opinions; Southeastern Reporter, Second Series;
Supreme Court Reporter; Federal Reporter, Third Series; Federal
Supplement, Second Series; Federal Rules Decisions; and Bankruptcy
Reporter. As official and traditional citations become available, substi-
tutions for the LexisNexis® citations will be made.
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those sources is as follows: Official and Unofficial Attorney General
Opinions; Opinions ofthe Judicial Qualifications Commission;Advisory
Opinions of the State Disciplinary Board of the State Bar; Formal
Advisory Opinions of the State Disciplinary Board of the State Bar,
issued by the Supreme Court ofGeorgia; Emory Law Journal; Georgia
Law Review; Georgia State University Law Review; Mercer Law
Review; Georgia State Bar Journal; American Law Reports; American
Jurisprudence 2d; American Jurisprudence Pleading and Practice
Forms; American Jurisprudence Proof of Facts; American Jurispru-
dence Trials; Corpus Juris Secundum; and Uniform Laws Annotated.
Also included, where appropriate, are cross references to the Official
Code ofGeorgia Annotated.
This volume retains amendment notes and effective date notes for
Acts passed during the 2010, 2011, and 2012 Sessions of the General
Assembly. In order to determine the changes which were made or the
effective date applied to a Code section by an Act passed prior to the
2010 Session of the General Assembly, the user should consult the
Georgia Laws.
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