§ 43-27-1. Definitions

As used in this chapter, the term:

1. “Administrator” means a person who operates, manages, supervises, or is in charge of a long-term care facility.
2. “Assisted living community” means a facility licensed pursuant to Code Section 31-7-12.2.
3. “Assisted living community administrator” means a person who operates, manages, supervises, or is in charge of an assisted living community.
4. “Board” means the State Board of Long-Term Care Facility Administrators.
5. “Long-term care facility” means a personal care home, an assisted living community, or a nursing home.
6. “Nursing home” has the same meaning as prescribed by the Department of Community Health in the rules and regulations for nursing homes.
7. “Nursing home administrator” means a person who operates, manages, supervises or is in charge of a nursing home.
8. “Personal care home” means a facility licensed pursuant to Code Section 31-7-12 which has 25 or more beds.
9. “Personal care home administrator” means a person who operates, manages, supervises, or is in charge of a personal care home.

History. Ga. L. 1968, p. 1143, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 573, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 846, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-4/HB 228; Ga. L. 2020, p. 95, § 9/HB 987.

The 2020 amendment, effective June 30, 2020, added paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (5), (8), and (9); redesignated former paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as present paragraphs (4), (6), and (7), respectively; substituted “Long Term Care Facility Administrators” for “Nursing Home Administrators” in paragraph (4); and deleted “or” following “manages,” in paragraph (7).

Code Commission notes.

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1986, “this” was substituted for “the” in the introductory language.