2001-2002 Regular Session - HB 1099
Hospitals; patient transfer without consent; prohibition
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First Reader Summary
A BILL 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; and for other purposes.
Status History
Jan/29/2002 - House Second Readers
Jan/28/2002 - House First Readers
Jan/18/2002 - House Hopper
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