Georgia Code
Chapter 10 - Vital Records
§ 31-10-16. Criteria for Pronouncing Death; Immunity From Liability

History. Code 1933, § 88-1715.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 1629, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-1716, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, § 1; Code 1981, § 31-10-70; Code 1981, § 31-10-16 , enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, § 2; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1392, § 3; Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 9/HB 509; Ga. L. 2017, p. 625, § 3/SB 96.
The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, in subsection (a), inserted “or nurse practitioner”, inserted “31-7-16 or”, inserted “by an advanced practice registered nurse authorized to make a pronouncement of death under subsection (o) of Code Section 43-34-25,”, and inserted “Code Section 31-7-16 or 31-7-176.1 or”.
Law reviews.
For article, “Baby Doe Cases: Compromise and Moral Dilemma,” see 34 Emory L.J. 545 (1986).
For note, “Incubating for the State: The Precarious Autonomy of Persistently Vegetative and Brain-Dead Pregnant Women,” 22 Ga. L. Rev. 1103 (1988).

Structure Georgia Code

Title 31 - Health

Chapter 10 - Vital Records

§ 31-10-1. Definitions

§ 31-10-2. Maintenance and Operation of Vital Records Registration System

§ 31-10-3. Rules and Regulations

§ 31-10-4. Appointment of State Registrar of Vital Records

§ 31-10-5. Duties and Powers of State Registrar; Delegation of Functions and Duties

§ 31-10-6. Local Registrars, Local Custodians, Special Abstracting Agents, and Deputies; Appointment; Duties

§ 31-10-7. Form of Certificates and Reports; Date Received for Registration Required; Filing or Registration of Information by Photographic, Electronic, or Other Means

§ 31-10-8. Certification to County Treasurers of Birth and Death Certificates and Spontaneous Fetal Death Reports Filed; Fees

§ 31-10-9. Registration of Births

§ 31-10-9.1. Social Security Account Information of Parents

§ 31-10-9.2. Abuse or Neglect Reports; Establishment of Policies and Procedures

§ 31-10-10. Registration of Live Born Infants of Unknown Parentage

§ 31-10-11. Registration of Delayed Certificate of Birth

§ 31-10-12. Judicial Procedure to Establish Facts of Birth

§ 31-10-13. Certificates of Adoption

§ 31-10-13.1. Certified Copies of Orders and Registration of Legitimations and Paternity Orders

§ 31-10-13.2. Provision of Copies of Legitimation and Paternity Orders to State Registrar

§ 31-10-14. Issuance of New Certificate of Birth Following Adoption and Legitimation or Paternity Determination

§ 31-10-15. Death Certificate; Filing; Medical Certification; Forwarding Death Certificate to Decedent’s County of Residence; Purging Voter Registration List

§ 31-10-16. Criteria for Pronouncing Death; Immunity From Liability

§ 31-10-17. State Registration of Death Certificates; Certified Copies; Certificates of Record

§ 31-10-18. Registration of Spontaneous Fetal Deaths

§ 31-10-19. Reporting of Induced Termination of Pregnancy

§ 31-10-20. Permits for Disposition, Disinterment, and Reinterment

§ 31-10-21. Record of Marriage Licenses

§ 31-10-22. Record of Divorces, Dissolutions, and Annulments

§ 31-10-23. Amendment of Certificates or Reports

§ 31-10-24. Preservation or Disposition of Vital Records; Certified Reproductions; Preserved Originals and Authorized Reproductions as Property of Department

§ 31-10-25. Disclosure of Information Contained in Vital Records; Transfer of Records to State Archives

§ 31-10-26. Issuance of Certified Copies of Vital Records, Voluntary Acknowledgments of Paternity, Voluntary Acknowledgments of Legitimation; Certificates; Use for Statistical Purposes; Transmittal of Records Out of State; Use for Commercial or Specu...

§ 31-10-27. Fees for Copies or Services

§ 31-10-28. Institutions to Keep Vital Records

§ 31-10-29. Privileged Nature of Disclosures; Notification of Local Registrar of Institutional Deaths and Fetal Deaths; Notification of Board of Voting Registrars of Adult Deaths

§ 31-10-30. Posting Facts of Death to Birth Certificates

§ 31-10-31. Penalties

§ 31-10-32. Extension of Periods for Filing of Certificates or Reports

§ 31-10-33. Procedure for Stillbirth