Exemptions From Requirements of Chapter

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  4. Performance of Sterilization Procedures
  5. Exemptions From Requirements of Chapter

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  1. Nothing in this chapter shall require a hospital to admit any patient for the purpose of performing a sterilization procedure, nor shall any hospital be required to appoint a committee such as contemplated under paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of Code Section 31-20-3.
  2. A physician, or any other person who is a member of or associated with the staff of a hospital, or any employee of a hospital in which a sterilization procedure has been authorized who shall object to such sterilization procedure on moral or religious grounds shall not be required to participate in the medical procedures or the committee procedures leading to such sterilization procedure; the refusal of any such person to participate therein shall not form the basis of any claim for damages resulting from such refusal or for any disciplinary or recriminatory action against such person.

(Ga. L. 1970, p. 683, § 7.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 61 Am. Jur. 2d, Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Healers, § 262.

CHAPTER 21 DEAD BODIES Article 1 General Provisions.
  • 31-21-1. Approved disinfectant; "embalming" defined.
  • 31-21-2. Conflict with authority of Commissioner of Agriculture.
  • 31-21-3. Death of person with infectious or communicable disease; required reporting procedures; confidentiality; disclosure; penalties.
  • 31-21-4. Burial at sea of cremated remains; notification that cremated remains are ready for interment; unclaimed cremated remains.
  • 31-21-5. Incineration or cremation of dead body or parts thereof.
  • 31-21-6. Notification of law enforcement agency upon disturbance, destruction, or debasement of human remains.
  • 31-21-7. Preneed contracts and revisions; affidavit on disposition of remains; role of probate court; warrant as to truthfulness; liability of funeral home.
Article 2 Disposition of Unclaimed Dead Bodies.
  • 31-21-20. Board for the Distribution of Cadavers.
  • 31-21-21. Delivery to board of certain unclaimed bodies.
  • 31-21-22. Disposition of bodies of travelers dying suddenly.
  • 31-21-23. Distribution of bodies by board.
  • 31-21-24. Transportation of bodies.
  • 31-21-25. Bonds.
  • 31-21-26. Payment of expenses.
Article 3 Offenses.
  • 31-21-40. Omission to perform duties imposed by chapter.
  • 31-21-41. Traffic in human bodies.
  • 31-21-42. Disinterment by coroner without good grounds.
  • 31-21-43. Removal of dead body from grave for purposes of sale or dissection.
  • 31-21-44. Wanton or malicious removal of dead body from grave or disturbance of contents of grave; receipt, retention, disposal, or possession of unlawfully removed dead body or bodily part.
  • 31-21-44.1. Abuse of dead body.
  • 31-21-44.2. Throwing away or abandonment of dead bodies prohibited; punishment.
  • 31-21-45. Public exhibit or display of dead human bodies of American Indians or American Indian human remains.
Cross references.

- Criminal penalty for concealing death of person, § 16-10-31.

Disposal of aborted fetuses, § 16-12-141.1.

Maintenance of vital records, T. 31, C. 10.

Death certificates, § 31-10-15.

Duty of county to pay for interment of deceased indigent persons, § 36-12-5.

Funeral directors, embalmers, and operators of funeral establishments, T. 43, C. 18.

Anatomical gifts, § 44-5-140 et seq.

Post-mortem examinations and autopsies, § 45-16-20 et seq.

Administrative Rules and Regulations.

- Organization and regulation of funeral services, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia State Board of Funeral Service, Chapter 250-1 et seq.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 22A Am. Jur. 2d, Dead Bodies, §§ 1, 6, 7.

C.J.S.

- 25A C.J.S., Dead Bodies, § 1.

ALR.

- Constitutionality of statute or ordinance requiring, or permitting, removal of bodies from cemeteries, 71 A.L.R. 1040.

Enforcement of preference expressed by decedent as to disposition of his body after death, 54 A.L.R.3d 1037.

Dead bodies: liability for improper manner of reinterment, 53 A.L.R.4th 394.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS


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