Section 19-10A-2 – Definitions

May 11, 2021 | Family Law, Georgia

As used in this chapter, the term:

(1) “Fire station” means a facility of any fire department which is authorized to exercise the general and emergency powers enumerated in Code Sections 25-3-1 and 25-3-2.
(2) “Medical facility” means any licensed general or specialized hospital, institutional infirmary, health center operated by a county board of health, or facility where human births occur on a regular and ongoing basis which is classified by the Department of Community Health as a birthing center, but shall not mean physicians’ or dentists’ private offices.
(3) “Police station” means a facility of any sheriff’s office, municipal police department, or county police department.

OCGA § 19-10A-2

Amended by 2017 Ga. Laws 202,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2017.
Amended by 2008 Ga. Laws 392,§ 2-1, eff. 7/1/2009.
Added by 2002 Ga. Laws 921, § 1, eff. 5/15/2002.