As used in this chapter, the term: “Administrator” means a person who operates, manages, supervises, or is in charge of a long-term care facility. “Assisted living community” means a facility licensed pursuant to Code Section 31-7-12.2. “Assisted living community administrator” means a person who operates, manages, supervises, or is in charge of an assisted living […]
No provision of this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting or preventing a municipality or county from fixing, charging, assessing, or collecting any license fee, registration fee, tax, or gross receipt tax on any profession covered by this chapter or upon any related profession or anyone engaged in any related profession governed by this chapter. […]
Any person who acts or serves in the capacity of a nursing home administrator without holding a license as a nursing home administrator issued in accordance with this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person who knowingly acts or serves in the capacity of a personal care home administrator or assisted living community […]
There is created the State Board of Long-Term Care Facility Administrators, which, on and after June 30, 2022, shall consist of eleven members. The members of the board shall be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, as follows: Four members who are nursing home administrators in this state, at least one of […]
The board shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from its membership and such other officers as it shall deem necessary and shall adopt rules and regulations to govern its proceedings. Each member of the board shall be reimbursed as provided for in subsection (f) of Code Section 43-1-2. The division director shall be the executive […]
The board shall have sole and exclusive authority to determine the qualifications, skill, and fitness of any person to serve as an administrator of a personal care home, an assisted living community, or a nursing home under this chapter; and the holder of a license under this chapter shall be deemed qualified to serve as […]
The board shall have the following powers and duties: To issue, renew, and reinstate the licenses of duly qualified applicants for licensure; To deny, suspend, revoke, or otherwise sanction licenses to practice as an administrator; To initiate investigations for the purpose of discovering violations of this chapter; To initiate investigations for the purpose of discovering […]
Prior to July 1, 2021, no person shall serve as a nursing home administrator until first obtaining a license from the board. On and after July 1, 2021, no person shall serve as an administrator of a long-term care facility until first obtaining a license from the board; provided, however, that an individual hired as […]
The board, in its discretion and otherwise subject to this chapter and the rules and regulations of the board promulgated under this chapter prescribing the qualifications for a personal care home administrator license, an assisted living community administrator license, and a nursing home administrator license, may issue a license to a personal care home administrator, […]
Each person licensed as an administrator shall be required to pay a biennial license fee in an amount to be fixed by the board. Such license shall expire on the renewal date established by the division director and shall be renewable for two years upon payment of the biennial license fee. No license fee shall […]
The board may, for good cause shown and under such conditions as it may prescribe, restore a license to any person whose license has been suspended or revoked. History. Ga. L. 1973, p. 284, § 3; Ga. L. 2020, p. 95, § 9/HB 987. Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 2020, p. 95, § 9/HB 987, effective […]
