{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-18-2","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 31-18-2","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this chapter, the term:\n(1) “Brain injury” means a traumatic injury to the brain (cranio-cerebral head trauma), not of a degenerative or congenital nature, but arising from blunt or penetrating trauma or from acceleration-deceleration forces, that is associated with any of these symptoms or signs attributed to the injury: decreased level of consciousness, amnesia, other neurologic or neuropsychologic abnormalities, skull fracture, or diagnosed intracranial lesions. These impairments may be either temporary or permanent and can result in a partial or total functional disability.\n(2) “Spinal cord injury” means a traumatic injury to the spinal cord, not of a degenerative or congenital nature, but arising from blunt or penetrating trauma or from acceleration-deceleration forces, resulting in paraplegia or quadriplegia, which can be a partial or total loss of physical function.","path":["TITLE 31 Health","CHAPTER 18 Registry for Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.31.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":"c697991a48fbfb06a7e48b64da0527ae2230897fb07f3f6925111838718a9bec","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-18-1","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-18-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}