The operation or maintenance of a clinical laboratory that is not certified, in violation of this chapter, is declared a nuisance, inimical to the public health, welfare, and safety. The commissioner of the Department of Community Health in the name of the people of the state through the Attorney General may, in addition to other remedies provided in this chapter, bring an action for an injunction to restrain such violation or to enjoin the future operation or maintenance of any such clinical laboratory until compliance with this chapter or the rules or regulations promulgated under this chapter has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Department of Community Health.
History. Ga. L. 1970, p. 531, § 10; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 31; Ga. L. 2021, p. 472, § 1/HB 93; Ga. L. 2022, p. 352, § 31/HB 1428.
The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, substituted “of a clinical laboratory that is not certified,” for “of an unlicensed clinical laboratory” in the first sentence; and, in the second sentence, inserted “of the Department of Community Health” near the beginning and substituted “Department of Community Health” for “department” at the end.
The 2022 amendment, effective May 2, 2022, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation in the first sentence of this Code section.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 22 - Clinical Laboratories
§ 31-22-2. Certification of Clinical Laboratories
§ 31-22-6. Power of Board to Promulgate Rules and Regulations
§ 31-22-7. Reports to Department
§ 31-22-9.1. Hiv Tests; Who May Perform Test
§ 31-22-11. Effect of This Chapter on Chapter 34 of Title 43
§ 31-22-12. Injunction of Operation of Clinical Laboratories Not Certified