No settlement or release entered into or executed prior to the entry of the injured party into the hospital, nursing home, or facility which provides traumatic burn care medical practice or prior to the time the patient first sought treatment from the physician practice for the injuries shall be affected by or subject to the terms of this part.
(Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 105, § 7; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1141, § 5; Ga. L. 2004, p. 394, § 5; Ga. L. 2006, p. 334, § 5/SB 306.)
The 2002 amendment, effective July 1, 2002, inserted ", nursing home, or facility which provides traumatic burn care medical practice" in the middle of this Code section.
The 2004 amendment, effective July 1, 2004, inserted "physician practice," near the middle of this Code section.
The 2006 amendment, effective July 1, 2006, deleted "physician practice," following "nursing home," near the middle, and inserted "or prior to the time the patient first sought treatment from the physician practice for the injuries" near the end.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
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- Construction, operation, and effect of statute giving hospital lien against recovery from tortfeasor causing patient's injuries, 16 A.L.R.5th 262.