§ 31-7-15. Review of Professional Practices by a Peer Review Committee
A hospital or ambulatory surgical center shall provide for the review of professional practices in the hospital or ambulatory surgical center for the purpose of reducing morbidity and mortality and for the improvement of the care of patients in the hospital or ambulatory surgical center. This review shall include, but shall not be limited to, […]
§ 31-7-8. Reports of Disciplinary Actions Against Persons Authorized to Practice Professions Under Chapter 11, 34, or 35 of Title 43
The hospital administrator or chief executive officer of each institution subject to this chapter shall submit a written report to the appropriate licensing board when a person who is authorized to practice medicine, osteopathy, podiatry, or dentistry in this state under Chapter 34, Chapter 35, or Chapter 11, respectively, of Title 43 and who is […]
§ 31-7-9. Reports by Physicians and Other Personnel of Nonaccidental Injuries to Patients; Immunity From Liability
As used in this Code section, the term “medical facility” includes, without being limited to, an ambulatory surgical treatment center defined in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (4) of Code Section 31-7-1 and a freestanding imaging center defined in subparagraph (G) of paragraph (4) of Code Section 31-7-1. Any: Physician, including any doctor of medicine licensed […]
§ 31-7-1. Definitions
As used in this chapter, the term: “Board” means the Board of Community Health. “Commissioner” means the commissioner of community health. “Department” means the Department of Community Health. “Institution” means: Any building, facility, or place in which are provided two or more beds and other facilities and services that are used for persons received for […]
§ 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 nonprofit hospital insurance plan, which plan may be approved and become effective, and (2) supervise the services rendered by hospitals operating under such plan, with authority to withdraw approval from any […]
§ 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. History. Ga. L. 1946, p. 34, § 1; Ga. L. 1958, p. 322, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-1904, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.
§ 31-7-2.1. Rules and Regulations; Availability of Reports of Cited Deficiencies; Disclosure of Survey Worksheets and Documents
The department shall adopt and promulgate such reasonable rules and regulations which in its judgment are necessary to protect the health and lives of patients and shall prescribe and set out the kind and quality of building, equipment, facilities, and institutional services which institutions shall have and use in order to properly care for their […]
§ 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
The commissioner may order the emergency relocation of patients or residents from an institution subject to licensure under this chapter, a community living arrangement subject to licensure under paragraph (8) of subsection (d) of Code Section 31-2-4, or a drug abuse treatment and education program subject to licensure under Chapter 5 of Title 26 when […]
§ 31-7-3. Requirements for Permits to Operate Institutions
Any person or persons responsible for the operation of any institution, or who may hereafter propose to establish and operate an institution and to provide specified clinical services, shall submit an application to the department for a permit to operate the institution and provide such services, such application to be made on forms prescribed by […]
§ 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 room shall post conspicuously therein a sign notifying the public of the rights of individuals under federal or state law with respect to examination and treatment for emergency medical conditions and […]