§ 31-7-408. Notice Required Prior to Issuance or Renewal of Permit to Operate Hospital; Permit Subject to Revocation or Suspension for Failure to Comply
No permit to operate a hospital may be issued or renewed under this chapter or any other applicable statute or regulation and a permit which has been issued shall be subject to revocation or suspension if there is a disposition or acquisition of hospital assets as defined in this article without notice first having been […]
§ 31-7-306. Applications Received Prior to Effective Date of Article
A person, business entity, corporation, or association which has applied for a license pursuant to this article prior to July 1, 1996, but which has not been granted such license within 180 days after rules implementing this article have become effective shall be authorized to continue to operate without such license until 90 days after […]
§ 31-7-307. Certificate of Need Not Required of Licensees; Operation of Licensee as Home Health Agency Not Authorized
A certificate of need issued pursuant to Chapter 6 of this title is not required for any person, business entity, corporation, or association, whether operated for profit or not for profit, which is operating as a private home care provider as long as such operation does not also constitute such person, entity, or organization operating […]
§ 31-7-308. Licensure and Regulation of Private Home Care Providers Transferred to Department of Community Health
Effective July 1, 2009, all matters relating to the licensure and regulation of private home care providers pursuant to this article shall be transferred from the Department of Human Resources (now known as the Department of Human Services) to the Department of Community Health. The Department of Community Health shall succeed to all rules, regulations, […]
§ 31-7-350. Short Title; Purpose
This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Georgia Long-term Care Background Check Program.” The purpose of this article is to establish the minimum standards for the Georgia Long-term Care Background Check Program for conducting criminal background checks of owners, applicants for employment, and direct access employees at certain facilities. History. Code […]
§ 31-7-351. Definitions
As used in this article, the term: “Applicant” means an individual applying to be a direct access employee at a facility. “Conviction” means a finding or verdict of guilty or a plea of guilty regardless of whether an appeal of the conviction has been sought. “Crime” means commission of: Any of the following offenses: A […]
§ 31-7-352. Registry Check Required; Validation of Licensing
A registry check of an owner, applicant, or employee shall be required prior to a criminal background check and shall be initiated by the applicable facility. A registry check shall be performed by such facility and may include reviewing registries of any other states in which the applicant previously resided. If an applicant has not […]
§ 31-7-353. Records Check Application; Transmittal of Fingerprints; Penalties for Unauthorized Release or Disclosure of Information
Accompanying any application for a new license, the candidate facility shall furnish to the department a records check application for each owner and each applicant and employee. In lieu of such records check application, such facility may submit evidence, satisfactory to the department, that within the immediately preceding 12 months each owner and each applicant […]
§ 31-7-354. Consent to Background Checks; Certain Results of Background Check Barring Employment; Rights of Owner, Applicant, or Employee
An applicant seeking employment with a facility or a current employee at such facility shall consent to a national and state background check that includes a registry check, a check of information maintained by a professional licensing board, if applicable, and a criminal background check. An individual required to submit to a registry check and […]
§ 31-7-284. Public Disclosure; Updating of Data Base; Publication; Fees
Subject to the procedures specified in subsection (b) of Code Section 31-7-283, the department shall be authorized to disclose nonpatient-specific data required under this article. Dissemination of such data to the public shall be made in clear and understandable language and in such form as to facilitate appropriate planning and choices on the part of […]