{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-18-2","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 43-18-2","heading":"Declaration of policy.","body":"It is declared that this article shall be deemed an exercise of the health powers of the state for the prevention of the spread of infectious, communicable, and contagious diseases and for the protection of the sanitation, health, and welfare of the people of this state; and that all of this article and the regulations authorized to be made pursuant to it are necessary to effectuate its purpose.","path":["TITLE 43 Professions And Businesses","CHAPTER 18 Funeral Directors and Establishments, Embalmers, and Crematories","Article 1 Funeral Directors and Establishments, Embalmers, and Crematories","PART 1 General Provisions"],"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":"3e5d1e06f2af3df22d16b924adba6d33331655eccdf0493ff22765bb0de58af4","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-18-1","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-18-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}