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02 LC 30 0208
House Bill
1099
By: Representatives Buckner of the
95th, Unterman of the 84th and Squires of the
78th
A BILL TO BE
ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Chapter 9 of Title 31 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to consent for surgical or medical treatment, so as
to prohibit a hospital, after a patient has been admitted to the hospital from
that
hospital´s
emergency room, from transferring such patient to a different hospital without
the
patient´s
consent and the notification of the attending physician; to provide for related
matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 9 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to consent for surgical or medical treatment, is amended by
adding after Code Section 31-9-7 a new Code section to read as
follows:
"31-9-8.
No
patient having been admitted to a hospital from such
hospital´s
emergency room shall be transferred to another hospital without the consent of
the patient or a person authorized to consent for the patient and the
notification of the
patient´s
attending
physician."
SECTION 2.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
repealed.