Georgia Code, Title 31, Chapter 7, Article 1 - Regulation of Hospitals and Related Institutions
- § 31-7-1 - Definitions
As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Board" means the Board of Community Health. (2) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of community health. (3)...
- § 31-7-2 - Classification of Institutions
The department shall classify institutions and adopt and promulgate rules and regulations applicable thereto according to the type of services rendered.
- § 31-7-2.1 - Rules and Regulations; Availability of Reports of Cited Deficiencies; Disclosure of Survey Worksheets and Documents
(a) The department shall adopt and promulgate such reasonable rules and regulations which in its judgment are necessary to protect the health and lives...
- § 31-7-2.2 - Determination that Patients or Residents in an Institution, Community Living Arrangement, or Treatment Program are in Danger; Relocation of Patients or Residents; Suspension of Admissions
(a) (1) The commissioner may order the emergency relocation of patients or residents from an institution subject to licensure under this chapter, a community...
- § 31-7-3 - Requirements for Permits to Operate Institutions
(a) Any person or persons responsible for the operation of any institution, or who may hereafter propose to establish and operate an institution and...
- § 31-7-3.1 - Posting Sign by Hospital Operating Emergency Room Notifying Individuals of Legal Rights in Emergencies
As a condition of obtaining or retaining the permit required by Code Section 31-7-3 to operate such institution, any hospital which operates an emergency...
- § 31-7-3.2 - Notice of Cited Deficiency and Imposition of Sanction
(a) A nursing home or intermediate care home licensed under this article shall give notice in the event that such facility has been cited...
- § 31-7-4 - Denial or Revocation of Permits
The department may refuse to grant a permit as provided for in Code Section 31-7-3 for the operation of any institution that does not...
- § 31-7-5 - Exemptions From Permit Requirements; Application of This Chapter to Federally Operated Institutions
Code Section 31-7-3 shall not apply to the offices of physicians or others practicing the healing arts unless the facilities and services described in...
- § 31-7-6 - Provision of Data for Research Purposes by Organizations Rendering Patient Care; Liability of Providers of Data; Use of Data; Confidentiality
(a) Any hospital, health care facility, medical or skilled nursing home, or other organization rendering patient care may provide information, interviews, reports, statements, memoranda,...
- § 31-7-7 - Refusal or Revocation by Public Hospital of Staff Privileges
(a) Whenever any licensed doctor of medicine, doctor of podiatric medicine, doctor of osteopathic medicine, or doctor of dentistry shall make application for permission...
- § 31-7-7.1 - Denial of Staff Privileges Based Upon License, Board Certification, or Membership in Professional Association
Notwithstanding the provisions of Code Section 31-7-7, if a hospital offers or provides a service which is within the scope of practice of a...
- § 31-7-8 - Reports of Disciplinary Actions Against Persons Authorized to Practice Professions Under Chapter 11, 34, or 35 of Title 43
(a) The hospital administrator or chief executive officer of each institution subject to this chapter shall submit a written report to the appropriate licensing...
- § 31-7-9 - Reports by Physicians and Other Personnel of Nonaccidental Injuries to Patients; Immunity From Liability
(a) As used in this Code section, the term "medical facility" includes, without being limited to, an ambulatory surgical treatment center defined in subparagraph...
- § 31-7-10 - Certification and Approval of Hospitals Eligible to Render Service Under a Group Nonprofit Hospital Insurance Plan; Supervision of Such Hospitals; Withdrawal of Approval
The department shall (1) certify and approve hospitals applying therefor which may be found to be eligible to render hospital service under any group...
- § 31-7-11 - Written Summary of Hospital Service Charge Rates
(a) Any hospital shall, upon request, provide a written summary of certain hospital and related services charges, including but not limited to: (1) The...
- § 31-7-12 - "Personal Care Home" and "Personal Services" Defined; Licensure and Registration; Inspection by Local Boards; Fees; Investigations; Waiver, Variance, or Exemption
(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Personal care home" means any dwelling, whether operated for profit or not, which undertakes...
- § 31-7-12.1 - Unlicensed Personal Care Home; Civil Penalties; Negligence Per Se for Certain Legal Claims; Declared Nuisance Dangerous to Public Health, Safety, and Welfare; Criminal Sanctions
(a) A facility shall be deemed to be an "unlicensed personal care home" if it is unlicensed and not exempt from licensure and: (1)...
- § 31-7-12.2 - Regulation and Licensing of Assisted Living Communities; Legislative Intent; Definitions; Procedures; Requirements for Medication Aides
(a) It is the intention of the General Assembly to establish a new licensure category of long-term care provider which shall be referred to...
- § 31-7-12.3 - Adoption of Rules and Regulations
The department shall adopt rules and regulations to implement Code Sections 31-7-12 and 31-7-12.2. Such rules and regulations shall establish meaningful distinctions between the...
- § 31-7-13 - Transfer of Property Upon Death of Patient
(a) Whenever any person dies in a hospital licensed pursuant to this chapter, in any federal hospital operating within this state, or any nursing...
- § 31-7-14 - Blood Supplies; Blood Donor Storage Programs
(a) When any person is admitted to a medical facility for surgical or medical treatment which has been scheduled in advance, neither the medical...
- § 31-7-15 - Review of Professional Practices by a Peer Review Committee
(a) A hospital or ambulatory surgical center shall provide for the review of professional practices in the hospital or ambulatory surgical center for the...
- § 31-7-16 - Determination or Pronouncement of Death of Patient Who Died in Facility Classified As Nursing Home
When a patient dies in any facility classified as a nursing home by the department and operating under a permit issued by the department,...
- § 31-7-17 - Licensure and Regulation of Hospitals and Related Institutions Transferred to Department of Community Health
(a) Effective July 1, 2009, all matters relating to the licensure and regulation of hospitals and related institutions pursuant to this article shall be...
- § 31-7-18 - Influenza Vaccinations for Discharged Patients Aged 65 and Older; Vaccinations or Other Measures for Health Care Workers and Other Employees in Hospitals; Immunity From Liability; Standing Orders
(a) Prior to discharging any inpatient who is 65 years of age or older, a hospital shall offer the inpatient vaccinations for the influenza...
- § 31-7-19 - Nursing Homes to Annually Offer Influenza Vaccinations to Health Care Workers and Other Employees; Immunity From Liability
(a) Each nursing home shall annually offer on site to its health care workers and other employees who have direct contact with patients, at...
- § 31-7-20 - Medical Facilities to Make Good Faith Application to Southern Regional Tricare Managed Care Support Coordinator for Certification in the Tricare Program
(a) Each medical facility in this state shall, not later than July 1, 2015, make a good faith application to the southern regional TRICARE...
Last modified: October 14, 2016