An act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the control of hazardous conditions, preventable diseases, and metabolic disorders [...]

• Authority: Georgia
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2023-05-02

Risk subdomain coverage

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the risk subdomain are described.

• Compromise of privacy
• Overreliance and unsafe use
• Lack of capability or robustness

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of AI risk domains, with limited focus on AI system safety (7.3) and human-computer interaction (5.1). The document primarily regulates medical device use rather than addressing AI-specific risks. Coverage is concentrated in ensuring professional oversight of automated assessment mechanisms rather than addressing broader AI governance concerns.

Sector coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the sector are explicitly described.

• Health Care & Social Assistance

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the sector are described.

• Information

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

The document primarily governs the Health Care and Social Assistance sector, specifically regulating optometrists and ophthalmologists who use AI and automated assessment mechanisms for eye examinations and contact lens/spectacle prescriptions. There is minimal coverage of the Information sector through requirements for telehealth technology compliance.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding state statute enacted by the Georgia General Assembly with explicit criminal and civil penalties for violations, mandatory compliance requirements using 'shall' language throughout, and designated enforcement bodies.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The document is a bill passed by the Georgia House and Senate, proposed by five named state representatives as indicated in the header.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Developer, AI_Deployer, AI_User
• Summary: The law regulates prescribers who use assessment mechanisms, persons who sell/dispense contact lenses or spectacles, and establishes requirements for assessment mechanism technology used in eye care.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The document explicitly names enforcement bodies with authority to impose civil penalties, promulgate regulations, and bring civil proceedings.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The professional boards are granted authority to promulgate rules and regulations and bring enforcement proceedings, which implies ongoing monitoring responsibilities for their respective licensees.

AI Lifecycle Stages

Lifecycle stages covered by the documents, as defined in the OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems

• Collect and Process Data
• Verify and Validate
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily addresses the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages of the AI lifecycle, with some coverage of Verify and Validate. It focuses on requirements for deploying assessment mechanisms in clinical settings and ongoing operational requirements including professional oversight, record-keeping, and patient disclosure obligations.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

• AI Systems
• Task-specific AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly mentions AI systems through its definition of 'assessment mechanism' which includes 'artificial intelligence devices.' It focuses on task-specific AI for eye assessments and does not mention general purpose AI, frontier AI, foundation models, generative AI, or compute thresholds. The scope is limited to automated medical assessment technology.