{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-11-44","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 43-11-44","heading":"Discretionary decisions involving treatment of patients.","body":"It is a matter of public interest that all decisions involving or affecting the clinical dental treatment of a patient shall be left to the sole discretion of the licensed dentist providing treatment to the patient. The board shall be authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to supplement and ensure compliance with the requirements of this Code section.","path":["TITLE 43 Professions And Businesses","CHAPTER 11 Dentists, Dental Hygienists, and Dental Assistants","Article 2 Licenses for the Practice of Dentistry"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.43.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":"c8c87761ccf0fe3135d235a6cefe2be9d01117c112e31942bbf45ab57a5ee4f1","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-11-43","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-11-45"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}