Grounds for Exemption from Conscription
Article 64 of the Georgian Code on Military Service lists who is exempt from conscription: a person recognised as unfit for service due to health; a person who has served in the armed forces of a foreign country; a person convicted of a grave or especially grave crime; a person with a disability status defined by Georgian legislation; and a person whose disability status has expired — until re-verification, but for no more than 3 months. Exemption also applies to a person who has completed non-military alternative labour service; the only son in a family in which at least one member died in the battles for Georgia's territorial integrity or during military service; and a member of the Parliament of Georgia. The Prime Minister may, on a commission's recommendation, exempt a conscript of exceptional talent; the commission's rules are set by the Government.