Georgia Code, Title 31, Chapter 17 - Control of Venereal Disease

• § 31-17-1 - Enumeration of Diseases Deemed Dangerous to Public Health
  Syphilis, gonorrhea, and chancroid, hereinafter referred to as venereal diseases, are declared to be contagious, infectious, communicable, and dangerous to the public health.
• § 31-17-2 - Report of Diagnosis or Treatment to Health Authorities
  Any physician or other person who makes a diagnosis of or treats a case of venereal disease and any superintendent or manager of a...
• § 31-17-3 - Examination and Treatment by Health Authorities
  The authorized agent or agents of the Department of Public Health and county boards of health are directed and empowered, when in their judgment...
• § 31-17-4 - Serologic Tests of Pregnant Women
  The department may require every pregnant woman to submit to a standard serologic test, as defined by the department, and may require any person...
• § 31-17-4.1 - Chlamydia Screening Test
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Chlamydia screening test" means any laboratory test of the urogenital tract which specifically detects...
• § 31-17-4.2 - Hiv and Syphilis Pregnancy Screening
  (a) This Code section shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia HIV/Syphilis Pregnancy Screening Act of 2015."(b) Every physician and health...
• § 31-17-5 - Prophylactic Treatment At Childbirth
  It shall be the duty of any person who shall be in attendance on any childbirth to apply to the child such prophylactic treatment...
• § 31-17-6 - Regulation of Laboratories
  All laboratories conducting tests for venereal diseases shall comply with the rules, regulations, and reporting requirements prescribed therefor by the department.
• § 31-17-7 - Consent of Minor to Medical or Surgical Care or Services; Informing Spouse, Parent, Custodian, or Guardian
  (a) The consent to the provision of medical or surgical care or services by a hospital or public clinic or to the performance of...
• § 31-17-8 - Penalty
  Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated under this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Last modified: October 14, 2016