Georgia Code
Part 1 - Medical Attention
§ 34-9-200. Compensation for Medical Care, Artificial Members, and Other Treatment and Supplies; Effect of Employee’s Refusal of Treatment; Employer’s Liability for Temporary Care

History. Ga. L. 1920, p. 167, § 26; Code 1933, § 114-501; Ga. L. 1937, p. 528; Ga. L. 1949, p. 1357, § 4; Ga. L. 1955, p. 210, § 5; Ga. L. 1963, p. 141, § 12; Ga. L. 1968, p. 3, § 4; Ga. L. 1971, p. 895, § 2; Ga. L. 1975, p. 190, § 7; Ga. L. 1985, p. 727, § 3; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1409, § 4; Ga. L. 1994, p. 887, § 10; Ga. L. 2003, p. 364, § 2; Ga. L. 2013, p. 651, § 1/HB 154; Ga. L. 2019, p. 798, § 3/SB 135.
The 1990 amendment, effective July 1, 1990, deleted “compensation for costs of” following “under this chapter” near the beginning of subsection (a), and inserted “and” preceding “prosthetic devices” near the middle of subsection (a).
The 1994 amendment, effective July 1, 1994, in subsection (b), inserted “or upon its own motion,” and substituted “notice is given” for “giving notice” and “15 days from” for “ten days from”.
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, added paragraph (a)(3).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2003, p. 364, § 8, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “It is the intent of the General Assembly that compensation benefits shall not be suspended under subsection (c) of Code Section 34-9-200 as enacted by this Act without first obtaining an order from the Board of Workers’ Compensation authorizing such suspension of benefits.”
Law reviews.
For annual survey of workers’ compensation, see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 431 (1986).
For survey article on workers’ compensation law for the period from June 1, 2002 to May 31, 2003, see 55 Mercer L. Rev. 459 (2003).
For annual survey of workers’ compensation law, see 58 Mercer L. Rev. 453 (2006).
For annual survey on workers’ compensation, see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 463 (2007).
For annual survey of law on workers’ compensation, see 62 Mercer L. Rev. 383 (2010).
For article on the 2013 amendment of this Code section, see 30 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 185 (2013).
For annual survey on workers’ compensation, see 65 Mercer L. Rev. 311 (2013).
For article, “Reasonable Medical Care and the Opioid Epidemic: What’s Really Broken?,” see 24 Ga. St. B.J. 17 (Dec. 2018).
For article, “‘The Broken Machine’ Mandatory Medical Treatment Under Georgia Workers’ Compensation,” see 24 Ga. St. B.J. 19 (Oct. 2018).
For annual survey on labor and employment law, see 71 Mercer L. Rev. 137 (2019).