Chapter 26. NURSES  


Article 1. GEORGIA REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE PRACTICE ACT
Article 2. LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES
Article 3. MANDATORY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR NURSES

REFS & ANNOS

TITLE 43 Chapter 26 NOTE

JUDICIAL DECISIONS
 
CITED in Leonard v. Preferred Risk Mut. Ins. Co., 247 Ga. 574, 277 S.E.2d 675 (1981).
 
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
 
LICENSED NURSES PERFORMING NURSING SERVICES IN PRIVATE HOME ARE NOT PERFORMING "DOMESTIC SERVICES". --Licensed nurses (registered professional nurses or licensed practical nurses) performing nursing services within the scope of their statutory authority in a private home for wages are not performing "domestic services" nor do the services constitute employment within the meaning of O.C.G.A. Ch. 8, T. 34. 1980 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 80-34.
 
RESEARCH REFERENCES
 
AM. JUR. 2D. --2 Am. Jur. 2d, Administrative Law, § 24 et seq. 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Commerce, §§ 1 et seq., 89 et seq. 16A Am. Jur. 2d, Constitutional Law, §§ 266, 284 et seq., 332, 339 et seq. 39 Am. Jur. 2d, Health, §§ 1 et seq., 26 et seq. 51 Am. Jur. 2d, Licenses and Permits, § 1 et seq. 58 Am. Jur. 2d, Occupations, Trades and Professions, § 1 et seq. 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 14 et seq. 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories and Dependencies, §§ 42, 61 et seq. 73 Am. Jur. 2d, Statutes, §§ 18 et seq., 60 et seq.
 
C.J.S. --15 C.J.S., Commerce, §§ 9 et seq., 83 et seq., 111 et seq. 16 C.J.S., Constitutional Law, § 266 et seq. 16A C.J.S., Constitutional Law, §§ 398, 614, 615. 16B C.J.S., Constitutional Law, § 1063. 16C C.J.S., Constitutional Law, § 1351 et seq. 16D C.J.S., Constitutional Law, §§ 2085, 2086. 39A C.J.S., Health and Environment, §§ 3 et seq., 37 et seq., 48 et seq. 53 C.J.S., Licenses, § 6 et seq. 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 15 et seq. 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 49 et seq. 73A C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 115 et seq. 81A C.J.S., States, §§ 79 et seq., 120 et seq. 82 C.J.S., Statutes, §§ 203, 281.
 
ALR. --Failure to procure occupational or business license or permit as affecting validity or enforceability of contract, 30 ALR 834; 42 ALR 1226; 118 ALR 646.
   Applicability, in action against nurse in her professional capacity, of statute of limitations applicable to malpractice, 8 ALR3d 1336.
   Medical malpractice: who are "health care providers," or the like, whose actions fall within statutes specifically governing actions and damages for medical malpractice, 12 ALR5th 1.