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GA Code § 31-7-12.5 (2021)
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|§ 31-7-12.5. Notification and Other Requirements for Covid-19 Infections in Personal Care Homes

  As used in this Code section, the term "COVID-19" means coronavirus disease 2019.   Each personal care home with 25 or more beds, each assisted living community, and each nursing home licensed in this state shall:   Inform its residents and their representatives or legal surrogates by 5:00 P.M. the next calendar day following the occurrence of either a single confirmed infection of COVID-19 or another airborne infectious disease identified by the department or the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a threat to public health, or three or more residents or staff with new-onset of respiratory symptoms occurring within 72 hours of each other. Such information shall:   Not include personally identifiable information;   Include information on mitigating actions implemented to prevent or reduce the risk of transmission, including if normal operations of the facility will be altered; and   Include any cumulative updates for residents and their representatives or legal surrogates at least weekly or by 5:00 P.M. the next calendar day following the occurrence of any subsequent confirmed infection of COVID-19, or whenever three or more residents or staff with new onset of respiratory symptoms occurs within 72 hours of each other;     Maintain a minimum of a seven-day supply of protective masks, surgical gowns, eye protection, and gloves sufficient to protect all residents and staff;   Maintain and publish for its residents and their representatives or legal surrogates policies and procedures pertaining to infection control and mitigation within their facilities and update such policies and procedures annually; and   As part of the facility's disaster preparedness plan required pursuant to subsection (c) of Code Section 31-7-3 and department rules and regulations, include an epidemic and pandemic plan for influenza and other infectious diseases which conforms to department and federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention standards that contains the following minimum elements:   Protocols for surveillance and detection of epidemic and pandemic diseases in residents and staff;   A communication plan for sharing information with public health authorities, residents, residents' representatives or their legal surrogates, and staff;   An education and training plan for residents and staff regarding infection control protocols;   An infection control plan that addresses visitation, cohorting measures, sick leave and return-to-work policies, and testing and immunization policies; and   A surge capacity plan that addresses protocols for contingency staffing and supply shortages.         (Code 1981, §31-7-12.5, enacted by Ga. L. 2020, p. 95, § 8/HB 987.)
GA Code § 31-7-12.6 (2021)
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|§ 31-7-12.6. Sars Cov-2 Testing for Residents and Staff in Long-Term Care Facilities

  As used in this Code section, the term:   "Direct care staff person" means any employee, facility volunteer, or contract staff who provides to residents:   Any personal services, including but not limited to, medication administration or assistance, assistance with ambulation and transfer, and essential activities of daily living such as eating, bathing, grooming, dressing, and toileting; or   Any other limited nursing services, as defined in subsection (b) of Code Section 31-7-12.2.     "Long-term care facility" means a personal care home with 25 or more beds, an assisted living community, or a nursing home licensed in this state.     No later than September 28, 2020, each resident and direct care staff person in a long-term care facility in this state shall be required to receive an initial baseline molecular SARS CoV-2 test as outlined by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; provided, however, that residents and direct care staff persons tested prior to June 30, 2020, shall not be required to receive such test.   The department shall be authorized to establish rules and regulations to require testing of new residents and direct care staff persons on and after September 28, 2020.     (Code 1981, §31-7-12.6, enacted by Ga. L. 2020, p. 95, § 8/HB 987.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2020, in subsection (b), substituted "September 28, 2020," for "90 days after the effective date of this Act" at the beginning and substituted "June 30, 2020," for "the effective date of this Act" near the end; and substituted "September 28, 2020" for "90 days after the effective date of this Act" at the end of subsection (c).
GA Code § 31-7-12.8 (2021)
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|§ 31-7-12.8. Employer Sponsored Certified Nurse Aide Training and Competency Examination Programs

 The department shall approve employer based programs sponsored by or offered in assisted living communities, private home care providers, personal care homes, or other long-term care facilities licensed by the department for certified nurse aide training and competency examination programs, in the same manner as such programs are approved in nursing homes, as determined by the department. The department shall require all employer based programs to meet the requirements set forth in 42 C.F.R. 483.152 and other applicable laws and regulations.    (Code 1981, §31-7-12.8, enacted by Ga. L. 2021, p. 465, § 1/SB 215.)
GA Code § 31-7-13 (2021)
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|§ 31-7-13. Transfer of Property Upon Death of Patient

  Whenever any person dies in a hospital licensed pursuant to this chapter, in any federal hospital operating within this state, or any nursing home operated within this state, such hospital or nursing home shall be authorized but shall not be required to transfer possession of any property, tangible or intangible, of such patient which is in the possession of the hospital or nursing home, to the following persons:   To the person designated by the patient in writing upon admission to the hospital or nursing home, if any;   To the surviving spouse of the patient, if any;   If no surviving spouse, to any adult child of the patient, and if no such adult child, to any person acting in loco parentis of any minor child;   If no surviving spouse or surviving children, to either parent of the patient;   If none of the above, then to any brother or sister of the patient; or   If none of the above, to the person assuming responsibility for burial of the patient.     The transfer of possession to the surviving spouse or any of the other family members or persons listed in subsection (a) of this Code section shall operate as a complete acquittal and discharge to the hospital or nursing home of liability from any suit, claim, or demand of whatever nature by any heir, distributee, or creditor of the patient, or any other person as relates to the property transferred. Such distribution is authorized to be made as provided in this Code section without the necessity of administration of the estate of the patient and without the necessity of obtaining an order that no administration of such estate is necessary.   The transfer of possession provided for in this Code section shall in no way affect the legal ownership or title to any property so transferred.   The provisions of any law of descent or distribution or any will or other instrument providing for disposition of property shall not be impaired by this Code section, and any person to whom property is transferred pursuant to this Code section may be required to transfer that property in conformity with the disposition of property required by such laws of descent or distribution or such will or other instrument.     (Code 1981, §31-7-11, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 778, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 8, § 31/SB 46.)   Code Commission notes.   - Code Section 31-7-11 was added to the Code by both Ga. L. 1983, p. 1307, § 1, and Ga. L. 1984, p. 778, § 1. The former is set out as Code Section 31-7-11 and the latter is set out above as Code Section 31-7-13 pursuant to the authority granted by Code Section 28-9-5.
GA Code § 31-7-14 (2021)
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|§ 31-7-14. Blood Supplies; Blood Donor Storage Programs

  When any person is admitted to a medical facility for surgical or medical treatment which has been scheduled in advance, neither the medical facility nor any licensed medical practitioner shall prohibit such person from providing a blood donor or donors to furnish blood which may be needed in such surgery or medical treatment, provided that:   The blood donation will not be detrimental to the donor or the recipient of such blood or any of its components; and   The donation is made not earlier than ten working days before the date of the anticipated transfusion and not later than the evening of the fourth full working day before the date of the anticipated transfusion.     If the person receiving surgical or other medical treatment requires more blood than is furnished by the provided donor or donors, then the medical facility may utilize its regular sources to supply the necessary amount. If less blood than the amount that is furnished by the provided donor or donors is used in the surgery or medical treatment, then the excess blood may be retained by the medical facility or turned over to a community blood bank.   This Code section shall not apply to any emergency surgical or medical treatment.   This Code section shall not apply to any medical facility which does not maintain a system for the collection, processing, and storage of blood and its component parts or to any medical facility which allows through a community blood bank a person to provide a blood donor or donors to furnish blood which may be needed in the person's surgery or medical treatment.   This Code section shall not apply to any person who is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections.   A medical facility or licensed medical practitioner providing health care to a person who utilizes the provisions of this Code section shall not be liable in damages for injury or death occurring during or as a result of the medical or surgical treatment if the injury or death results from use of the blood supplied by the donors selected by the patient, unless that facility or practitioner is grossly negligent with regard to such use.   A medical facility or group of medical facilities may organize and operate short-term blood donor storage programs for the purpose of perpetuating a group of donors of a common blood type for emergency and planned surgical needs.     (Code 1981, §31-7-14, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 1091, § 1.)   Code Commission notes.   - Ga. L. 1987, p. 1091, § 1 and Ga. L. 1987, p. 1494, § 1 enacted different Code sections designated Code Section 31-7-14. Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, the Code section enacted by Ga. 1987, p. 1494, § 1 was redesignated as Code Section 31-7-15.
GA Code § 31-7-16 (2021)
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|§ 31-7-16. Determination or Pronouncement of Death of Patient Who Died in Facility Classified as Nursing Home

 When a patient dies in any facility classified as a nursing home by the department and operating under a permit issued by the department, a physician assistant, a nurse practitioner, or a registered professional nurse licensed in this state and employed by such nursing home at the time of apparent death of such person, in the absence of a physician, may make the determination and pronouncement of the death of said patient; provided, however, that when it appears that a patient died from other than natural causes, only a physician may make the determination or pronouncement of death. Such determination or pronouncement shall be made in writing on a form approved by the department.    (Code 1981, §31-7-16, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 1243, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 3/HB 509; Ga. L. 2017, p. 625, § 1/SB 96.)    The 2017 amendment,  effective July 1, 2017, in the first sentence, inserted ", a nurse practitioner," near the beginning and deleted "that, when said patient is a registered organ donor, only a physician may make the determination or pronouncement of death; provided, further," preceding "that when it" near the end.
GA Code § 31-7-18 (2021)
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|§ 31-7-18. 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

  Prior to discharging any inpatient who is 65 years of age or older, a hospital shall offer the inpatient vaccinations for the influenza virus and pneumococcal disease in accordance with the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and any applicable rules and regulations of the department, unless contraindicated and contingent on availability of such vaccine. A hospital may offer other patients such vaccinations in accordance with the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and any applicable rules and regulations of the department. The vaccinations may be administered pursuant to a standing order that has been approved by the hospital's medical staff.   A hospital shall annually offer to its health care workers and other employees who have direct contact with patients, at no cost, vaccinations for the influenza virus in accordance with the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, subject to availability of the vaccine. A hospital may offer to its health care workers and other employees any other vaccination, test, or prophylactic measure required or recommended by, and in accordance with the recommendations of, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. All such vaccinations, tests, or prophylactic measures may be offered or administered pursuant to standing orders approved by the hospital's medical staff to ensure the safety of employees, patients, visitors, and contractors.   A hospital or health care provider acting in good faith and in accordance with generally accepted health care standards applicable to such hospital or health care provider shall not be subject to administrative, civil, or criminal liability or to discipline for unprofessional conduct for complying with the requirements of this Code section.   Nothing in this Code section shall restrict or limit the use of standing orders in hospitals for any other lawful purpose.     (Code 1981, §31-7-18, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 520, § 1/HB 1105; Ga. L. 2009, p. 184, § 2/HB 217; Ga. L. 2010, p. 529, § 1/HB 1179.)   Cross references.   - Influenza vaccine protocol agreements, § 43-34-26.1.   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2008, Code Section 31-7-17, as enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 520, § 1, was redesignated as Code Section 31-7-18.
GA Code § 31-7-19 (2021)
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|§ 31-7-19. Nursing Homes to Annually Offer Influenza Vaccinations to Health Care Workers and Other Employees; Immunity From Liability

  Each nursing home shall annually offer on site to its health care workers and other employees who have direct contact with patients, at no cost, vaccinations for the influenza virus in accordance with the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, subject to availability of the vaccine. Each nursing home shall keep on record a signed statement from each such health care worker and employee stating that he or she has been offered vaccination against the influenza virus and has either accepted or declined such vaccination. A nursing home may offer to its health care workers and other employees who have direct contact with patients any other vaccination required or recommended by, and in accordance with the recommendations of, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which may be offered or administered pursuant to standing orders approved by the nursing home's medical staff to ensure the safety of employees, patients, visitors, and contractors.   A nursing home or health care provider acting in good faith and in accordance with generally accepted health care standards applicable to such nursing home or health care provider shall not be subject to administrative, civil, or criminal liability or to discipline for unprofessional conduct for complying with the requirements of this Code section.     (Code 1981, §31-7-19, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 783, § 1/HB 208.)
GA Code § 31-7-20 (2021)
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|§ 31-7-20. Medical Facilities to Make Good Faith Application to Southern Regional Tricare Managed Care Support Coordinator for Certification in the Tricare Program

  Each medical facility in this state shall, not later than July 1, 2015, make a good faith application to the southern regional TRICARE managed care support contractor for certification in the TRICARE program.   If any medical facility fails to qualify for certification in the TRICARE program, such medical facility shall implement a plan to upgrade the facility, equipment, personnel, or such other cause for the disqualification within one year of notice of such deficiency.   Each medical facility shall submit reports to the commissioner detailing its efforts to join the TRICARE program and shall submit copies of applications, acceptances or rejections, correspondences, and any other information the commissioner deems necessary.   The commissioner shall maintain files on each medical facility in this state and shall monitor each medical facility's efforts to join the TRICARE program.   Nothing in this Code section shall require a medical facility to enter into a contract with the southern regional managed care support contractor or to participate in TRICARE as a network provider or as a participating non-network provider, as such terms are defined in the federal TRICARE regulations.     (Code 1981, §31-7-20, enacted by Ga. L. 2014, p. 83, § 1-1/SB 391.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2008, p. 224, § 2/SB 130, effective July 1, 2008, repealed this Code section. Former Code Section 31-7-20 was part of former Article 2 of this chapter, relating to the Georgia Building Authority (Hospital), and was based on Ga. L. 1939, p. 144, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 860, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 6, § 31.
GA Code § 31-7-21 (2021)
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|§ 31-7-21. Provision of Influenza Education Information to Assisted Living Community Residents

  Each assisted living community shall annually provide to each of its residents, no later than September 1 of each year, educational information on influenza disease. Such information shall include, but is not limited to, the risks associated with influenza disease; the availability, effectiveness, and known contraindications of the influenza immunization; causes and symptoms of influenza; and the means in which it is spread. Provision of the appropriate and current Vaccine Information Statement as provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall be deemed to comply with this subsection.   Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to require an assisted living community to provide or pay for any vaccination against influenza for its residents.   No person shall have a cause of action for any loss or damage caused by any act or omission resulting from providing, or the lack of providing, educational information pursuant to this Code section.     (Code 1981, §31-7-21, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 544, § 1/HB 902.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2008, p. 224, § 2/SB 130, effective July 1, 2008, repealed this Code section. Former Code Section 31-7-21 was part of former Article 2 of this chapter, relating to the Georgia Building Authority (Hospital), and was based on Ga. L. 1939, p. 144, § 3; Ga. L. 1964, p. 95, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 860, § 2.
GA Code § 31-7-23 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 7 - Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities|Article 2 - Georgia Building Authority (Hospital)|§ 31-7-23. Through 31-7-40

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2008, p. 224, § 2/SB 130, effective July 1, 2008.   Editor's notes.   - This article consisted of former Code Sections 31-7-20 through 31-7-40, relating to the Georgia Building Authority (Hospital), and was based on Ga. L. 1939, p. 144, §§ 1-17, 19; Ga. L. 1941, p. 250, §§ 1, 4; Ga. L. 1946, p. 56, § 1; Ga. L. 1951, p. 22, § 1; Ga. L. 1953, p. 357, § 1; Ga. L. 1960, p. 48, § 1; Ga. L. 1964, p. 95, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1964, p. 666, § 1; Ga. L. 1966, p. 302, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 852, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 860, §§ 1-4; Ga. L. 1967, p. 862, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 159, § 1; Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015, § 417; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 55; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 31; Ga. L. 1988, p. 426, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 31; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1402, § 18; Ga. L. 1996, p. 6, § 31; Ga. L. 2001, p. 4, § 31.
GA Code § 31-7-50 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 7 - Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities|Article 3 - Grants for Construction and Modernization of Medical Facilities|§ 31-7-50. Authorization of Grants-in-Aid

 The state is authorized to make grants to any county, municipality, or any combination thereof or to any hospital authority to assist in the construction and modernization of publicly owned and publicly operated medical facilities, auxiliary medical facilities, and mental health centers as defined in Code Section 31-7-51. The amount of the grant shall be determined in accordance with Code Sections 31-7-52 and 31-7-53.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 263, § 1; Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 214, § 1; Ga. L. 1955, p. 410, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-2101, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1966, p. 716, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 385, § 4-2/HB 252.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2015, p. 385, § 1-1/HB 252, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'J. Calvin Hill, Jr., Act.' "