The department shall be authorized to charge reasonable application fees, license fees, renewal fees, or other similar fees relating to the licensure of adult day centers in an amount established by the board pursuant to rules and regulations. The board shall take into consideration input from consumers, providers of adult day health services, and advocates during the rule-making process to establish such fees. If so appropriated by the General Assembly, the fees shall be used to support the licensing, inspecting, and monitoring of adult day centers. Fees may be refunded by the department for good cause, as determined by the department.
History. Code 1981, § 49-6-86 , enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 348, § 2/HB 505; Ga. L. 2016, p. 864, § 49/HB 737.
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This Code section became effective July 1, 2014.
The 2016 amendment, effective May 3, 2016, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “rule-making” for “rulemaking” in the second sentence.