History. Ga. L. 1955, p. 252, §§ 2-5; Code 1933, §§ 88-1402, 88-1403, 88-1404, 88-1405, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 31; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-4/HB 228; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 6-3/HB 214; Ga. L. 2020, p. 55, § 8/SB 372.
The 2020 amendment, effective July 1, 2020, substituted “sexually transmitted” for “venereal” in the second sentence of subsection (b).
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For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 147 (2011).