{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-34-9-220","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 34-9-220","heading":"Period of incapacity preceding payment of compensation.","body":"No compensation shall be allowed for the first seven calendar days of incapacity resulting from an injury, including the day of the injury, except the benefits provided for in Code Section 34-9-200; provided, however, that, if an employee is incapacitated for 21 consecutive days following an injury, compensation shall be paid for such first seven calendar days of incapacity.","path":["TITLE 34 Labor and Industrial Relations","CHAPTER 9 Workers’ Compensation","Article 6 Payment of Compensation","PART 2 Method of Payment"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.34.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":"71ab2d5358db5cdfe4f2c8f0d0f4f521a91c7cc3d1f7158fa8e99899d7b7f392","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-34-9-208","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-34-9-221"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}