Georgia Code
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 34-9-280. Definitions

As used in this article, the term:
For the purposes of this paragraph, partial loss of hearing due to noise shall not be considered an occupational disease. Psychiatric and psychological problems and heart and vascular diseases shall not be considered occupational diseases, except where they arise from a separate occupational disease.
History. Code 1933, §§ 114-802, 114-803, 114-812, enacted by Ga. L. 1946, p. 103; Ga. L. 1971, p. 895, § 3; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 34; Ga. L. 1982, p. 2485, §§ 4, 5, 8; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1474, § 1.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1987, p. 1474, § 17, not codified by the General Assembly, provided that that Act would apply to any occupational disease not previously diagnosed before July 1, 1987.
Law reviews.
For article, “Occupational Diseases Under the Georgia Workmen’s Compensation Act,” see 8 Mercer L. Rev. 333 (1957).
For comment, “Georgia’s Mental Block in Workers’ Compensation,” see 36 Mercer L. Rev. 971 (1985).

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