Chapter 33. HEALTH RECORDS  


§ 31-33-1. Definitions
§ 31-33-2. Furnishing copy of records to patient, provider, or other authorized person
§ 31-33-3. Costs of copying and mailing; patient's rights as to records
§ 31-33-4. Mental health records
§ 31-33-5. Immunity from liability for releasing information
§ 31-33-6. Confidential communications
§ 31-33-7. Furnishing copies of psychological or psychiatric evaluation to law enforcement officer upon request
§ 31-33-8. Electronic records; application to psychiatric, psychological, or other mental health records

REFS & ANNOS

TITLE 31 Chapter 33 NOTE

CROSS REFERENCES. --Termination of temporary medical consent guardianship, § 29-4-18.
 
EDITOR'S NOTES. --Chapter 32 was added to Title 31 by both Ga. L. 1984, p. 1477, § 1, and by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1680, § 1. The former is set out as Chapter 32 and the latter was redesignated as Chapter 33 by Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 31.
 
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS. --Patient referrals and patient records, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Sec. 100-7-.07.
   Patient records, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Department of Community Health, Georgia Volunteer Health Care Program, Sec. 111-5-1-.10.
   Unprofessional conduct defined, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Board of Dentistry, Sec. 150-8-.01.
   Unprofessional conduct defined, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, State Board of Podiatry Examiners, Sec. 500-8-.01.
 
RESEARCH REFERENCES
 
ALR. --Medical malpractice: presumption or inference from failure of hospital or doctor to produce relevant medical records, 69 ALR4th 906.