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GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
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Title 9. CIVIL PRACTICE |
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Chapter 9. ARBITRATION |
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Article 2. MEDICAL MALPRACTICE |
| § 9-9-60. "Medical malpractice claim" defined |
| § 9-9-61. Medical malpractice arbitration authorized |
| § 9-9-62. Petition for arbitration; arbitration order and appointment of referee; conditions precedent to enforceability |
| § 9-9-63. Tolling of statute of limitations; when action permitted after filing of petition for arbitration |
| § 9-9-64. Appointment of reporter; duties; compensation |
| § 9-9-65. Arbitration submission; irrevocability absent consent |
| § 9-9-66. Qualifications and status of referee |
| § 9-9-67. Arbitrators -- How chosen |
| § 9-9-68. Arbitrators -- How vacancy filled |
| § 9-9-69. Arbitrators -- Oath and affidavit |
| § 9-9-70. Postponement of arbitration |
| § 9-9-71. Adjournments by arbitrators; no meeting outside group |
| § 9-9-72. Discovery |
| § 9-9-73. Subpoena power of referee; compensation of witnesses |
| § 9-9-74. Powers of referee to compel production of documentary evidence |
| § 9-9-75. Competency of witnesses |
| § 9-9-76. Rules governing examination of witnesses and admission of evidence |
| § 9-9-77. Administration of oaths by referee |
| § 9-9-78. Findings by arbitrators; concurrence of two sufficient |
| § 9-9-79. Copy of findings furnished parties; entry of original on court's minutes; effect and enforcement; clerk's fees |
| § 9-9-80. Finality of findings absent appeal; appeals to superior courts; transmittal of record; when findings set aside; disposition of case; supersedeas |
| § 9-9-81. Costs; how taxed |
| § 9-9-82. Compensation of arbitrators and referee |
| § 9-9-83. Civil and criminal immunity of arbitrators |
| § 9-9-84. Governor's Commission on Obstetrics |
REFS & ANNOS
TITLE 9 Chapter 9 Article 2 NOTE
EDITOR'S NOTES. --Ga. L. 1988, p. 903, effective July 1, 1988, repealed the Code sections formerly codified as Parts 1, 2, and 3 of Article 2 and redesignated former Code Sections 9-9-110 through 9-9-133 of Part 4 of Article 2 as this article. The provisions of former Part 3 of Article 2 (former Code Sections 9-9-80 through 9-9-97) now appear as Part 1 of Article 1 of this chapter, except that former Code Section 9-9-83, concerning validity of agreements to arbitrate, was repealed.
LAW REVIEWS. --For article, "Proposed Changes in the Arbitration Law of Georgia," see 23 Ga. St. B.J. 152 (1987). For article, "State of Emergency: Why Georgia's Standard of Care in Emergency Rooms is Harmful to Your Health," see 45 Ga. L. Rev. 275 (2010).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR. --What constitutes physician-patient relationship for malpractice purposes, 17 ALR4th 132.
Medical malpractice in connection with breast augmentation, reduction, or reconstruction, 28 ALR5th 497.
LAW REVIEWS. --For article, "Proposed Changes in the Arbitration Law of Georgia," see 23 Ga. St. B.J. 152 (1987). For article, "State of Emergency: Why Georgia's Standard of Care in Emergency Rooms is Harmful to Your Health," see 45 Ga. L. Rev. 275 (2010).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR. --What constitutes physician-patient relationship for malpractice purposes, 17 ALR4th 132.
Medical malpractice in connection with breast augmentation, reduction, or reconstruction, 28 ALR5th 497.