As used in Articles 1 through 3 of this chapter, the term:
(2.1) “Emergency Operations Command” means the unified command group comprising the director of emergency management and homeland security, the director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the commissioner of public safety, the commissioner of natural resources, the commissioner of transportation, and the adjutant general.
(4.1) “Homeland security activity” shall have the same meaning as provided for in Code Section 35-3-200.
(4.2) “Pandemic influenza emergency” means the declaration by the World Health Organization of at least a Phase 5 Pandemic Alert for influenza occurring in the United States or the State of Georgia or the declaration by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of at least a Category 2 Pandemic Severity Index for influenza occurring in the United States or the State of Georgia.
History. Ga. L. 1951, p. 224, § 3; Ga. L. 1973, p. 74, §§ 2, 6; Ga. L. 1977, p. 192, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 389, § 2; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 38; Ga. L. 1995, p. 10, § 38; Ga. L. 1999, p. 372, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1386, § 11; Ga. L. 2009, p. 184, § 3/HB 217; Ga. L. 2012, p. 775, § 38/HB 942; Ga. L. 2018, p. 681, § 1-1/HB 779; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1056, § 38/SB 52.
The 2019 amendment, effective May 12, 2019, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation in paragraph (4).
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For article, “Mandatory Quarantine: Administrative order by the Georgia Department of Public Health for Public Health Control Measures: Isolation Protocol,” see 37 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 81 (2020).
For article, “Forced Business Closures: Executive Orders by the Governor Closing Private Businesses,” see 37 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 111 (2020).
For article, “Public Health State of Emergency: Executive Order by the Governor Declaring a Public Health State of Emergency,” see 37 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 17 (2020).
For note on the 2002 amendment of this Code section, see 19 Georgia. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2002).