History. Ga. L. 1920, p. 167, § 56; Code 1933, § 114-706; Ga. L. 1945, p. 462, § 1; Ga. L. 1956, p. 725, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 205, § 1; Ga. L. 1973, p. 232, § 8; Ga. L. 1974, p. 1143, § 10; Ga. L. 1978, p. 2220, § 11; Ga. L. 1985, p. 727, § 2; Ga. L. 1991, p. 359, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 887, § 6; Ga. L. 1995, p. 642, § 7; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 3; Ga. L. 2007, p. 616, § 2/HB 424.
The 1991 amendment, effective July 1, 1991, added subsection (e).
The 1994 amendment, effective July 1, 1994, deleted subsection (b), which read: “Within ten days after the claim is filed, the board shall notify the parties by regular mail of the filing of such claim.” and redesignated former subsections (c) through (e) as present subsections (b) through (d); in present subsection (b), substituted “for review” for “for this purpose”; and, in subsection (d), inserted “to the board”.
The 1995 amendment, effective July 1, 1995, in subsection (b), inserted “or mediation” in the first sentence and added the second sentence.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1995, p. 642, § 13, not codified by the General Assembly, provides for severability.
Law reviews.
For article, “Workers’ Compensation,” see 53 Mercer L. Rev. 521 (2001).
For annual survey on workers’ compensation, see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 463 (2007).
Structure Georgia Code