GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
Title 31. HEALTH |
Chapter 8. CARE AND PROTECTION OF INDIGENT AND ELDERLY PATIENTS |
Article 1. HOSPITAL CARE FOR THE INDIGENT GENERALLY |
Section 31-8-7. Qualifications for assistance under program; waiver of residence requirements in emergencies
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- In order to qualify for assistance under this program, a person must be an indigent resident of this state and must be a person for whom hospital care is not available under any other program. The six-months' residency requirement may be waived if a physician certifies that the illness or injury constitutes an emergency which requires immediate hospital care.
Ga. L. 1957, p. 470, § 8; Code 1933, § 88-2308, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.