Georgia Code, Title 31, Chapter 7, Article 11 - Facility Licensing and Employee Records Checks

• § 31-7-250 - Definitions
  As used in this article, the term: (1) "Conviction" means a finding or verdict of guilty or a plea of guilty regardless of whether...
• § 31-7-251 - New Facility Licensing; Facility Directors
  On and after July 1, 1985, an applicant for a new license shall have a separate license for each new facility in this state...
• § 31-7-252 - Director Records Check Applications and Employee Preliminary Records Check Applications; Satisfactory Alternative Evidence; Contracts for Records Check Determinations
  Accompanying any application for a new license for a facility, the applicant shall furnish to the department a records check application and a preliminary...
• § 31-7-253 - Written Notification As to Department's Preliminary Records Check Determinations; Effect of Unsatisfactory Determinations; Issuance of Temporary Licenses
  After being furnished the required records check applications under Code Section 31-7-252, the department shall notify in writing the license applicant as to each...
• § 31-7-254 - Transmission of Director's Fingerprints to Georgia Crime Information Center for Review; Notification to Department of Findings
  After issuing a temporary license based upon a satisfactory preliminary records check determination of the director under Code Section 31-7-253, the department shall transmit...
• § 31-7-255 - Issuance of Regular Licenses
  After receiving a GCIC notification regarding a director's fingerprint records check under Code Section 31-7-254, the department shall make a determination based thereon and...
• § 31-7-256 - Expiration of Facility Licenses Issued Prior to July 1, 1985; Issuance of Temporary or Regular Licenses
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2002, p. 942, § 6, effective July 1, 2002.
• § 31-7-257 - Procedure Upon Issuance of Temporary Licenses
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2002, p. 942, § 7, effective July 1, 2002.
• § 31-7-258 - Change of Facility Director; Notification to Department; Effect of Department Determination
  (a) If the director of a facility which has been issued a regular license ceases to be the director of that facility, the licensee...
• § 31-7-259 - Preliminary Records Check Determination; Suspension or Revocation of License; Refusal to Issue Regular License; Fingerprint Check; Employment History; Director's Criminal Liability; Exempt Employees; Mitigating Factors in Criminal Records Check; Civil Penalty
  (a) Before a person may become a director of any facility that has received either a temporary or regular license, that facility shall require...
• § 31-7-260 - Cooperation of Georgia Crime Information Center and Law Enforcement Agencies With Department; Liability for Misuse or Attempted Misuse of Information
  (a) GCIC and law enforcement agencies which have access to GCIC information shall cooperate with the department in performing preliminary and fingerprint records checks...
• § 31-7-261 - Liability for Claims in Connection With Dissemination of Information or Determination Based Thereon
  (a) Neither GCIC, the department, any county board of health, any law enforcement agency, nor the employees of any such entities shall be responsible...
• § 31-7-262 - Supplemental Nature of Requirements of This Article
  The requirements of this article are supplemental to any requirements for a license imposed by Article 1 of this chapter.
• § 31-7-263 - Contested Cases for Purposes of the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act."
  A determination by the department regarding preliminary or fingerprint records checks under this article or any action by the department revoking, suspending, or refusing...
• § 31-7-264 - Regulatory Power of Department
  The department is authorized to provide by regulation for the administration of this article.
• § 31-7-265 - Facility Licensing and Employee Records Checks for Personal Care Homes Transferred to Department of Community Health
  (a) Effective July 1, 2009, all matters relating to facility licensing and employee records checks for personal care homes pursuant to this article shall...

Last modified: October 14, 2016