§ 49-6-81. Legislative Intent
The intent of the General Assembly is to promote, safeguard, and protect the well-being of adults participating in adult day care or adult day health services by authorizing, promoting, and supporting licensure regulations for adult day care and adult day health services providers. It is further the intent of the General Assembly that the Department […]
§ 49-7-8. Rules and Regulations
The board is authorized and directed to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out this chapter. Such rules and regulations shall provide the necessary requirements and guides for county and district departments of health and departments of family and children services. History. Ga. L. 1966, p. 228, § 8.
§ 49-6-82. Definitions
As used in this article, the term: “Adult day care” means the provision of a comprehensive plan of services that meets the needs of aging adults, as defined in paragraph (4) of this Code section, under a social model, as defined in paragraph (9) of this Code section. This term shall not include programs which […]
§ 49-7-9. Construction of Chapter
This chapter shall be liberally construed to protect the rights of all individuals to pursue their religious beliefs and to follow the dictates of their own consciences, to prevent the imposition upon any individual of practices offensive to the individual’s moral standards, to respect the right of every individual to self-determination in the procreation of […]
§ 49-6-83. License Required; Nontransferable
No person, business entity, corporation, or association, whether operated for profit or not for profit, shall operate an adult day center without first obtaining a license or a provisional license from the department. A license issued under this article shall not be assignable or transferable. History. Code 1981, § 49-6-83 , enacted by Ga. L. […]
§ 49-8-1. Short Title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as “The Economic Rehabilitation Act of 1975.” History. Ga. L. 1975, p. 1645, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1436, § 1.
§ 49-6-84. Authority of Department; Promulgation of Rules and Regulations; Authority to Issue or Suspend Licenses
The department is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to implement this article utilizing the public rule-making process to elicit input from consumers, providers, and advocates. The department is further authorized to issue, deny, suspend, or revoke licenses or take other enforcement actions against licensees or applicants as provided in Code Section 31-2-8. All rules […]
§ 49-6-85. Periodic Inspection by Department; Exemptions
An adult day center for which an application for a license has been submitted or to which a license has been issued shall be inspected by the department periodically and as determined necessary to monitor such center’s compliance with applicable laws and regulations; provided, however, the department may exempt a center from inspection if such […]
§ 49-6-86. Reasonable Fees for Licensure of Adult Day Centers; Use of Fees
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 […]
§ 49-6-90. Mobilization for State Response to Alzheimer’s and Dementia Patients; Intent
The General Assembly having declared that Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias is a looming state and national public health crisis and having found that it is in the best interest of the state and its citizenry to address this issue created a Georgia Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias State Plan for the purpose of developing a […]