{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-686","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 15-11-686","heading":"Medical emergency.","body":"This article shall not apply when, in the best clinical judgment of the attending physician on the facts of the case before him or her, a medical emergency exists that so complicates the condition of the unemancipated minor as to require an immediate abortion. A person who performs an abortion as a medical emergency under the provisions of this Code section shall certify in writing the medical indications on which this judgment was based when filing such reports as are required by law.","path":["TITLE 15 Courts","CHAPTER 11 Juvenile Code","Article 8 Parental Notification Act"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.15.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"9e24beed75eb23ab8a2c4b71503c1535b90e81118d4c0ca9d70bbbd51361a868","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-685","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-687"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}