2021 Georgia Code
Title 31 - Health
Chapter 7 - Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities
Article 1 - Regulation of Hospitals and Related Institutions
- § 31-7-1. (See Editor's notes.) Definitions
- § 31-7-2. Classification of Institutions
- § 31-7-2.1. Rules and Regulations; Availability of Reports of Cited Deficiencies; Disclosure of Survey Worksheets and Documents
- § 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
- § 31-7-3. Requirements for Permits to Operate Institutions
- § 31-7-3.1. Posting Sign by Hospital Operating Emergency Room Notifying Individuals of Legal Rights in Emergencies
- § 31-7-3.2. Notice of Cited Deficiency and Imposition of Sanction
- § 31-7-3.3. "Excluded Party" Defined; Liability; Notice; Dismissal; Other Procedural Factors
- § 31-7-3.4. Carrying of Liability Insurance or Establishment of Self-Insurance Trust as Condition Precedent to Obtaining or Maintaining Permit
- § 31-7-4. Denial or Revocation of Permits
- § 31-7-5. Exemptions From Permit Requirements; Application of This Chapter to Federally Operated Institutions
- § 31-7-6. Provision of Data for Research Purposes by Organizations Rendering Patient Care; Liability of Providers of Data; Use of Data; Confidentiality
- § 31-7-7. Refusal or Revocation by Public Hospital of Staff Privileges
- § 31-7-7.1. Denial of Staff Privileges Based Upon License, Board Certification, or Membership in Professional Association
- § 31-7-8. Reports of Disciplinary Actions Against Persons Authorized to Practice Professions Under Chapter 11, 34, or 35 of Title 43
- § 31-7-9. Reports by Physicians and Other Personnel of Nonaccidental Injuries to Patients; Immunity From Liability
- § 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
- § 31-7-11. Written Summary of Hospital Service Charge Rates
- § 31-7-12. Personal Care Homes; Licensure and Registration; Inspection by Local Boards; Fees; Investigations; Waiver, Variance, or Exemption; Staffing, Training, and Financial Stability Requirements; Certified Medication Aides
- § 31-7-12.1. Unlicensed Personal Care Home; Civil Penalties; Negligence per Se for Certain Legal Claims; Declared Nuisance Dangerous to Public Health, Safety, and Welfare; Criminal Sanctions
- § 31-7-12.2. (See Editor's notes.) Regulation and Licensing of Assisted Living Communities; Legislative Intent; Definitions; Procedures; Requirements for Medication Aides
- § 31-7-12.3. Adoption of Rules and Regulations to Implement Code Sections 31-7-12 and 31-7-12.2
- § 31-7-12.4. Certificate for Operation of Memory Care Center Required; Staffing and Training Requirements; Other Requirements; Regulation
- § 31-7-12.5. Notification and Other Requirements for Covid-19 Infections in Personal Care Homes
- § 31-7-12.6. Sars Cov-2 Testing for Residents and Staff in Long-Term Care Facilities
- § 31-7-12.7. Employment of Certified Medication Aides in Nursing Homes; Competency Review; Authorized Task; Review by Pharmacists; Ongoing Medication Training; Administration of Narcotics Prohibited
- § 31-7-12.8. Employer Sponsored Certified Nurse Aide Training and Competency Examination Programs
- § 31-7-13. Transfer of Property Upon Death of Patient
- § 31-7-14. Blood Supplies; Blood Donor Storage Programs
- § 31-7-15. Review of Professional Practices by a Peer Review Committee
- § 31-7-16. Determination or Pronouncement of Death of Patient Who Died in Facility Classified as Nursing Home
- § 31-7-17. Licensure and Regulation of Hospitals and Related Institutions Transferred to Department of Community Health
- § 31-7-18. Influenza Vaccinations for Discharged Patients Aged 65 and Older; Vaccinations or Other Measures for Health Care Workers and Other Employees in Hospitals; Immunity From Liability; Standing Orders
- § 31-7-19. Nursing Homes to Annually Offer Influenza Vaccinations to Health Care Workers and Other Employees; Immunity From Liability
- § 31-7-20. Medical Facilities to Make Good Faith Application to Southern Regional Tricare Managed Care Support Coordinator for Certification in the Tricare Program
- § 31-7-21. Provision of Influenza Education Information to Assisted Living Community Residents
- § 31-7-22. Required Publication by Hospital of Certain Documentation on Website; Updating; Penalty for Noncompliance; Enforcement; Individual Criminal Penalty
- Ga. L. 2001, p. 1172, ยง 2, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "No hospital shall release for public use any autopsy photographs or images without the written permission of the family."
Law reviews.- For article, "Hospital Mergers, Market Concentration and the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index," see 33 Emory L.J. 869 (1985).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Department cannot regulate abortion facilities not within definition of institution.
- Law concerning regulation of hospitals and related institutions cannot be utilized by Department of Human Resources (now the Department of Community Health for these purposes) to extend regulation to abortions performed in facilities other than those embraced by the term institution. 1973 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 73-24.
Casualty insurance carried by regulated institutions not subject to department's regulation.- Since the requirement of carrying adequate casualty insurance is a matter which does not pertain to protection of health and lives of patients in institutions nor to kind and quality of building, equipment, facilities and institutional services that institutions shall have and use in order to properly care for patients, the Department of Human Resources (now the Department of Community Health for these purposes) cannot legally pass a valid rule requiring institutions to carry adequate casualty insurance. 1967 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 67-177.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR.
- Liability of private noncharitable hospital or sanitarium for improper care or treatment of patient, 39 A.L.R. 1431; 124 A.L.R. 186.
Hospital's liability for care of convalescing patient, 70 A.L.R.2d 377.
Malpractice in diagnosis and treatment of tetanus, 28 A.L.R.3d 1364.
Hospital's liability for injury or death to patient resulting from or connected with administration of anesthetic, 31 A.L.R.3d 1114.
Hospital's liability to patient for injury allegedly sustained from absence of particular equipment intended for use in diagnosis or treatment of patient, 50 A.L.R.3d 1141.
Hospital's liability for patient's injury or death resulting from escape or attempted escape, 37 A.L.R.4th 200.
