GEORGIA STATUTES AND CODES
               		§ 51-1-27 - Recovery for medical malpractice authorized
               		
               		
               	 	
               	 	               	 	
               	 	
               	 	
               	 		
O.C.G.A.    51-1-27   (2010)
   51-1-27.    Recovery for medical malpractice authorized 
      A  person professing to practice surgery or the administering of medicine  for compensation must bring to the exercise of his profession a  reasonable degree of care and skill. Any injury resulting from a want of  such care and skill shall be a tort for which a recovery may be had.
               	 	
               	 	
               	 	               	 	
               	 	               	 	               	  
               	 
               	 
               	 
               	 
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