In addition to any other legal procedure for the resolution of medical malpractice claims, the parties to a medical malpractice claim may submit the claim for arbitration in accordance with this article.
(Code 1933, § 7-402, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 2270, § 2; Code 1981, §9-9-111; Code 1981, §9-9-61, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1988, p. 903, § 3.)
Code Commission notes.- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1988, "article" was substituted for "part" at the end of the Code section.