Georgia Code, Title 31, Chapter 11, Article 6 - System of Certified Stroke Centers

• § 31-11-110 - Legislative Findings
  The General Assembly finds and declares that: (1) The rapid identification, diagnosis, and treatment of stroke can save the lives of stroke victims and...
• § 31-11-111 - "Department" Defined
  As used in this article, the term "department" means the same state agency or state board which regulates emergency medical services personnel and providers...
• § 31-11-112 - Identification of Primary or Remote Treatment Stroke Centers
  (a) The department shall identify hospitals that meet the criteria set forth in this article as primary or remote treatment stroke centers.(b) A hospital...
• § 31-11-113 - Certification; Application Process; Inspections
  (a) A hospital identified as a primary stroke center shall be certified as such by a nationally recognized health care accreditation body. Any hospital...
• § 31-11-114 - Grants; Report
  (a) In order to encourage and ensure the establishment of stroke centers throughout the state, the department shall award grants, subject to appropriations from...
• § 31-11-115 - Distribution of List of State Identified Stroke Centers to Emergency Medical Services Providers; Development of a Model Stroke Triage Assessment Tool; Assessment, Treatment, and Transport of Stroke Patients
  (a) Beginning June 1, 2009, and each year thereafter, the department shall send the list of primary and remote treatment stroke centers identified pursuant...
• § 31-11-116 - Annual Reports
  (a) In order to assure that the patients are receiving the appropriate level of care and treatment at each primary stroke center in the...
• § 31-11-117 - Statutory Construction
  This article shall not be construed to be a medical practice guideline and shall not be used to restrict the authority of a hospital...
• § 31-11-118 - Advertising
  A hospital may not advertise to the public, by way of any medium whatsoever, that it is identified by the state as a primary...
• § 31-11-119 - Rules and Regulations
  The department shall be authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this article.

Last modified: October 14, 2016