Dennis v. Adcock

Deen, Presiding Judge.

Code § 38-713 provides: "(a) Medical records, or reproductions thereof, when duly certified by the custodians thereof, need not be identified at the trial and may be used in any manner in which records identified at the trial by the custodian could be used.” The preamble to the Act of origin (Ga. L. 1971, p. 441) states that it provides "for the authentication and admissibility of medical records or copies thereof for use as evidence” and to "excuse certain persons from personally appearing in certain circumstances,” among other things. It deals with preliminary proof…