{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-8-7","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 31-8-7","heading":"Qualifications for assistance under program; waiver of residence requirements in emergencies.","body":"In order to qualify for assistance under this program, a person must be an indigent resident of this state and must be a person for whom hospital care is not available under any other program. The six-months’ residency requirement may be waived if a physician certifies that the illness or injury constitutes an emergency which requires immediate hospital care.","path":["TITLE 31 Health","CHAPTER 8 Care and Protection of Indigent and Elderly Patients","Article 1 Hospital Care for the Indigent Generally"],"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":"7efedef852f59ad9805384d83fd7330084e3c8e1f781b7012bd3897e4c6082ea","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-8-6","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-8-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}