The authorized agent or agents of the Department of Public Health and county boards of health are directed and empowered, when in their judgment it is necessary to protect the public health, to make examination of persons infected or suspected of being infected with a sexually transmitted disease; to require persons infected with a sexually transmitted disease to report for treatment to a physician licensed to practice medicine under Chapter 34 of Title 43 and to continue treatment until cured, or to submit to treatment provided at public expense; and to isolate persons infected or reasonably suspected of being infected with a sexually transmitted disease. Law enforcement authorities of the jurisdiction wherein any such person so infected or suspected of being infected is located shall offer such assistance, including restraint and arrest, as shall be necessary to assure examination and treatment in accordance with this chapter.Amended by 2021 Ga. Laws 307,§ 31, eff. 5/10/2021.Amended by 2020 Ga. Laws 388,§ 8, eff. 7/1/2020.Amended by 2011 Ga. Laws 244,§ 6-3, eff. 7/1/2011.Amended by 2009 Ga. Laws 102,§ 1-4, eff. 7/1/2009.
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