{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-7-176.1","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 31-7-176.1","heading":"Determination or pronouncement of death.","body":"When a patient who is terminally ill or whose death is anticipated and who is receiving hospice care from a licensed hospice dies, a physician assistant, a nurse practitioner, or a registered professional nurse licensed in this state and employed by such hospice at the time of apparent death of such person, in the absence of an attending physician, may make the determination and pronouncement of the death of said patient. Such determination or pronouncement shall be made in writing on a form approved by the commissioner of community health.","path":["TITLE 31 Health","CHAPTER 7 Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities","Article 9 Hospice Care"],"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":"186f188595ed5de0111ba2021391c3f4b06726e10c06fd0dcc1b0ba508478054","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-7-176","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-7-177"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}