2025 Code of Georgia
Title 31 - Health (Chs. 1 — 54)
Chapter 2 - Department of Community Health (§§ 31-2-1 — 31-2-20)
Annotations
Notes
Editor’s notes.Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-1/HB 228, effective July 1, 2009, redesignated former Chapter 5A of Title 31 as present Chapter 2 of Title 31 and combined it with former Chapter 2 of Title 31.
Research References & Practice Aids
Administrative rules and regulations.General Licensing and Enforcement Requirements, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of Department of Community Health, Healthcare Facility Regulation, Rule 111-8-25-.01 et seq.
Personal Care Homes, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of Department of Community Health, Healthcare Facility Regulation, Rule 111-8-62-.01 et seq.
Law reviews.For article, “The Case for Streamlining Emergency Declaration Authorities and Adapting Legal Requirements to Ever-Changing Public Health Threats,” see 67 Emory L. J. 397 (2018).
For article, “Do State Lines Make Public Health Emergencies Worse? Federal Versus State Control of Quarantine,” see 67 Emory L. J. 491 (2018).
RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR.Liability of governmental agency for emergency medical or surgical services rendered to poor person without its express authority, 30 A. L. R. 900.
Hierarchy Notes:O. C. G. A. Title 31
- § 31-2-1. Legislative intent; grant of authority
- § 31-2-2. Definitions
- § 31-2-3. Board of Community Health
- § 31-2-4. [Effective July 1, 2026] Powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities; divisions; directors; contracts for health benefits
- § 31-2-5. Transfer of personnel, functions, rights, duties, regulations, agreements, and property
- § 31-2-6. Commissioner; department divisions
- § 31-2-7. Rules and regulations; variances, waivers, and exemptions
- § 31-2-8. Actions against certain applicants or licensees
- § 31-2-9. [Reserved] Records check requirement for certain health care facilities; definitions; use of information gathered in investigation; penalties for unauthorized release or disclosure; rules and regulations; retention of fingerprints
- § 31-2-10. Information and comparisons regarding state-wide cost and quality of health care
- § 31-2-11. Biopharmaceuticals; expedited review for Georgia based companies
- § 31-2-12. [Reserved] Pilot program to provide coverage for bariatric surgical procedures for treatment of obesity and related conditions; definitions; eligibility; requirements; evaluation report on two-year pilot program
- § 31-2-13. Inspection warrant
- § 31-2-14. Nurse aide registry; complaint filing; public access
- § 31-2-15. Streamlining and expediting credentialing and billing processes for state medical plans
- § 31-2-16. Rural Health System Innovation Center; powers and duties
- § 31-2-17. [Reserved] Study of mental health care services under state health plans; reporting; repealer
- § 31-2-17.1. Redesignated
- § 31-2-18. Reporting on state health plans
- § 31-2-19. Employment of certified medication aides in penal institutions
- § 31-2-20. Grant program to fund backup generators for rural hospitals
