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GA Code § 31-6-47.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 6 - State Health Planning and Development|Article 3 - Certificate of Need Program|§ 31-6-47.1. Prior Notice and Approval of Certain Activities

 The department shall require prior notice from a new health care facility for approval of any activity which is believed to be exempt pursuant to Code Section 31-6-47 or excluded from the requirements of this chapter under other provisions of this chapter. The department may require prior notice and approval of any activity which is believed to be exempt pursuant to paragraphs (10), (15), (16), (17), (20), (21), (23), (25), (26), (27), (28), and (29) of subsection (a) of Code Section 31-6-47. The department shall establish timeframes, forms, and criteria to request a letter of determination that an activity is properly exempt or excluded under this chapter prior to its implementation. The department shall publish notice of all requests for letters of determination regarding exempt activity and opposition to such request. Persons opposing a request for approval of an exempt activity shall be entitled to file an objection with the department and the department shall consider any filed objection when determining whether an activity is exempt. After the department's decision, an opposing party shall have the right to a fair hearing pursuant to Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act," on an adverse decision of the department and judicial review of a final decision in the same manner and under the same provisions as in Code Section 31-6-44.1. If no objection to a request for determination is filed within 30 days of the department's receipt of such request for determination, the department shall have 60 days from the date of the department's receipt of such request to review the request and issue a letter of determination. The department may adopt rules for deciding when it is not practicable to provide a determination in 60 days and may extend the review period upon written notice to the requestor but only for an extended period of no longer than an additional 30 days.    (Code 1981, §31-6-47.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 12, § 1-1/SB 433; Ga. L. 2019, p. 148, § 1-11/HB 186.)    The 2019 amendment,  effective July 1, 2019, substituted "(25), (26), (27), (28), and (29)" for "(25), and (26)" in the second sentence, substituted "department shall establish timeframes, forms, and criteria to request a letter of determination" for "department shall be authorized to establish timeframes, forms, and criteria relating to its certification" in the third sentence, substituted "letters of determination regarding" for "approval of an" in the fourth sentence, and added the last two sentences.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2008, p. 12, § 3-1/SB 433, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the enactment of this Code section shall only apply to applications submitted on or after July 1, 2008.
GA Code § 31-6-48 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 6 - State Health Planning and Development|Article 3 - Certificate of Need Program|§ 31-6-48. Prior Entities Abolished; Transfer of Contractual Obligations

 The State Health Planning and Development Agency, the State-wide Health Coordinating Council, and the State Health Planning Review Board existing immediately prior to July 1, 1983, are abolished, and their respective successors on and after July 1, 1983, shall be the Health Planning Agency, the Health Policy Council, and the Health Planning Review Board, as established in this chapter, except that on and after July 1, 1991, the Health Strategies Council shall be the successor to the Health Policy Council, and except that on and after July 1, 1999, the Department of Community Health shall be the successor to the Health Planning Agency, and except that on and after July 1, 2008, the Board of Community Health shall be the successor to the duties of the Health Strategies Council with respect to adoption of the state health plan, and except that on June 30, 2008, the Health Planning Review Board is abolished and the terms of all members on such board on such date shall automatically terminate and the Certificate of Need Appeal Panel shall be the successor to the duties of the Health Planning Review Board on such date. For purposes of any existing contract with the federal government, or federal law referring to such abolished agency, council, or board, the successor department, council, or board established in this chapter or in Chapter 2 of this title shall be deemed to be the abolished agency, council, or board and shall succeed to the abolished agency's, council's, or board's functions. The State Health Planning and Development Commission is abolished.    (Code 1981, §31-6-48, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1566, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 31; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1880, § 4; Ga. L. 1999, p. 296, § 8; Ga. L. 2000, p. 136, § 31; Ga. L. 2008, p. 12, § 1-1/SB 433; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-25/HB 228.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2008, p. 12, § 3-1/SB 433, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment to this Code section shall only apply to applications submitted on or after July 1, 2008.
GA Code § 31-6-50 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 6 - State Health Planning and Development|Article 3 - Certificate of Need Program|§ 31-6-50. Application of Review Procedures to Expenditures Under Section 1122 of the Federal Social Security Act

 The review and appeal considerations and procedures set forth in Code Sections 31-6-42 through 31-6-44, respectively, shall apply to and govern the review of capital expenditures under the Section 1122 program of the federal Social Security Act of 1935, as amended, including, but not limited to, any application for approval under Section 1122 which is under consideration by the Health Planning Agency or on appeal before the Certificate of Need Appeal Panel, successor to the former Health Planning Review Board as of June 30, 2008.    (Code 1981, §31-6-50, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1566, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 31; Ga. L. 1999, p. 296, § 22; Ga. L. 2008, p. 12, § 1-1/SB 433.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1985, "31-6-42 through 31-6-44" was substituted for "31-6-42, 31-6-43, and 31-6-44".   Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1999, "Health Planning Agency" was substituted for "department".   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2008, p. 12, § 3-1/SB 433, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment to this Code section shall only apply to applications submitted on or after July 1, 2008.   U.S. Code.   - Section 1122 of the Social Security Act, as amended, referred to in this Code section, is codified as 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-1.   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Appeal of agency decisions.   - Prior to the 1983 reenactment, applicants proposing a capital expenditure, as well as health systems agencies and persons who qualify as a "party" or "persons aggrieved" under the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act" (O.C.G.A. Ch. 13, T. 50) have the right to appeal to the State Health Planning Review Board (now Certificate of Need Appeal Panel) decisions of the State Health Planning and Development Agency (now Department of Community Health) relative to § 1122 of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-1(a). 1981 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 81-8.
GA Code § 31-6-90 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 6 - State Health Planning and Development|Article 5 - State Commission on the Efficacy of the Certificate of Need Program|§ 31-6-90. Through 31-6-95

 Repealed pursuant to Code Section 31-6-95, which provided for the repeal of this article on June 30, 2007.   Editor's notes.   - This article was based on Code 1981, §§ 31-6-90 through31-6-95, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 43, § 1/HB 390.
GA Code § 31-7-2 (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|§ 31-7-2. Classification of Institutions

 The department shall classify institutions and adopt and promulgate rules and regulations applicable thereto according to the type of services rendered.   (Ga. L. 1946, p. 34, § 1; Ga. L. 1958, p. 322, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-1904, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Classification and operation by department of Gracewood and Central State Hospitals.   - Department of Human Resources (now the Department of Community Health for these purposes) has authority to classify units of Gracewood State School and Hospital and Central State Hospital as a skilled nursing home and general hospital and has ample authority to operate these institutions. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-243.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 39A C.J.S., Health and Environment, §§ 4, 6.
GA Code § 31-7-3.1 (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|§ 31-7-3.1. Posting Sign by Hospital Operating Emergency Room Notifying Individuals of Legal Rights in Emergencies

 As a condition of obtaining or retaining the permit required by Code Section 31-7-3 to operate such institution, any hospital which operates an emergency room shall post conspicuously therein a sign notifying the public of the rights of individuals under federal or state law with respect to examination and treatment for emergency medical conditions and women in active labor.    (Code 1981, §31-7-3.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1810, § 1.)
GA Code § 31-7-3.4 (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|§ 31-7-3.4. Carrying of Liability Insurance or Establishment of Self-Insurance Trust as Condition Precedent to Obtaining or Maintaining Permit

  As used in this Code section, the term "nursing home claim" means a claim alleging direct or vicarious liability for the personal injury or death of one or more residents of a nursing home or intermediate care home or a violation of residents' rights at such home under Article 5 of Chapter 8 of this title.     As a condition precedent to obtaining or maintaining a permit under this article to operate a nursing home or intermediate care home, a licensee shall carry or be covered by liability insurance coverages or establish or have established for its benefit a self-insurance trust for a nursing home claim.   If a licensee fails to carry or be covered by liability insurance coverages or establish or have established for its benefit a self-insurance trust for a nursing home claim, the department shall provide notice to such licensee of its noncompliance and allow such licensee 60 days in which to comply. A licensee's failure to maintain such coverage or establish such trust shall result in the department:   Revoking such licensee's permit issued pursuant to this article to operate the nursing home or intermediate care home;   Denying any application to renew such permit; and   Denying any application for a change of ownership of the nursing home or intermediate care home.         (Code 1981, §31-7-3.4, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 550, § 1/HB 920.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2016, p. 550, § 2/HB 920, not codified by the General Assembly, makes this Code section appli- cable to any claim filed on or after July 1, 2016.
GA Code § 31-7-4 (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|§ 31-7-4. Denial or Revocation of Permits

 The department may refuse to grant a permit as provided for in Code Section 31-7-3 for the operation of any institution that does not fulfill the minimum requirements which the department may prescribe by rules and regulations, may revoke a permit which has been issued if an institution violates any of such rules and regulations, and may revoke a portion of a permit which has been issued as it relates to a specific clinical service if the quality standards established by the department pursuant to Code Section 31-7-2.1 for such clinical service are not met; provided, however, that before any order is entered refusing a permit applied for or revoking a permit previously granted, the applicant or permit holder, as the case may be, shall be afforded an opportunity for a hearing as provided for in Article 1 of Chapter 5 of this title. All appeals from such orders and all rights of enforcement by injunction shall be governed by Article 1 of Chapter 5 of this title.   (Ga. L. 1946, p. 34, §§ 3, 4; Ga. L. 1958, p. 322, § 3; Code 1933, § 88-1906, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 12, § 2-11/SB 433.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 40A Am. Jur. 2d, Hospitals and Asylums, § 8 et seq.   ALR.   - Validity and construction of statute requiring establishment of "need" as precondition to operation of hospital or other facilities for the care of sick people, 61 A.L.R.3d 278.
GA Code § 31-7-5 (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|§ 31-7-5. Exemptions From Permit Requirements; Application of This Chapter to Federally Operated Institutions

 Code Section 31-7-3 shall not apply to the offices of physicians or others practicing the healing arts unless the facilities and services described in paragraph (4) of Code Section 31-7-1 are provided therein; nor shall this chapter apply to institutions operated exclusively by the federal government or by any of its agencies.   (Ga. L. 1946, p. 34, § 6; Code 1933, § 88-1907, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 12, § 2-12/SB 433.)
GA Code § 31-7-6 (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|§ 31-7-6. Provision of Data for Research Purposes by Organizations Rendering Patient Care; Liability of Providers of Data; Use of Data; Confidentiality

  Any hospital, health care facility, medical or skilled nursing home, or other organization rendering patient care may provide information, interviews, reports, statements, memoranda, or other data relating to the condition and treatment of any person to research groups approved by the medical staff of the institution involved, to governmental health agencies, medical associations and societies, or to any in-hospital medical staff committee, to be used in the course of any study for the purpose of reducing rates of morbidity or mortality; and no liability of any kind or character for damages or other relief shall arise or be enforced against any person or organization by reason of having provided such information or material, or by reason of having released or published the findings and conclusions of such groups to advance medical research or medical education or to achieve the most effective use of health manpower and facilities, or by reason of having released or published generally a summary of such studies.   The research groups approved by the medical staff of the institution involved, governmental health agencies, medical associations and societies, or any in-hospital medical staff committee shall use or publish material described in subsection (a) of this Code section only for the purpose of advancing medical research or medical education, or to achieve the most effective use of health manpower and facilities, in the interest of reducing rates of morbidity or mortality, except that a summary of such studies may be released by any such group for general publication.   In all events the identity of any person whose condition or treatment has been studied pursuant to this Code section shall be confidential and shall not be revealed under any circumstances.    (Code 1933, §§ 88-1908, 88-1909, 88-1910, enacted by Ga. L. 1966, p. 310, §§ 1-3.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 41 C.J.S., Hospitals, § 33.
GA Code § 31-7-7.1 (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|§ 31-7-7.1. Denial of Staff Privileges Based Upon License, Board Certification, or Membership in Professional Association

 Notwithstanding the provisions of Code Section 31-7-7, if a hospital offers or provides a service which is within the scope of practice of a person licensed as a doctor of podiatric medicine, doctor of osteopathic medicine, or doctor of dentistry, that hospital may not deny to any such licensee staff privileges at such hospital based solely upon that person's license, board certification, or specialty membership in a professional association.    (Code 1981, §31-7-7.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 911, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 548, § 1.)
GA Code § 31-7-9 (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|§ 31-7-9. Reports by Physicians and Other Personnel of Nonaccidental Injuries to Patients; Immunity From Liability

  As used in this Code section, the term "medical facility" includes, without being limited to, an ambulatory surgical treatment center defined in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (4) of Code Section 31-7-1 and a freestanding imaging center defined in subparagraph (G) of paragraph (4) of Code Section 31-7-1.   Any:   Physician, including any doctor of medicine licensed to practice under the laws of this state;   Licensed registered nurse employed by a medical facility;   Security personnel employed by a medical facility; or   Other personnel employed by a medical facility whose employment duties involve the care and treatment of patients therein  having cause to believe that a patient has had physical injury or injuries inflicted upon him other than by accidental means shall report or cause reports to be made in accordance with this Code section.      An oral report shall be made immediately by telephone or otherwise and shall be followed by a report in writing, if requested, to the person in charge of the medical facility or his designated delegate. The person in charge of the medical facility or his designated delegate shall then notify the local law enforcement agency having primary jurisdiction in the area in which the medical facility is located of the contents of the report. The report shall contain the name and address of the patient, the nature and extent of the patient's injuries, and any other information that the reporting person believes might be helpful in establishing the cause of the injuries and the identity of the perpetrator.   Any person or persons participating in the making of a report or causing a report to be made to the appropriate police authority pursuant to this Code section or participating in any judicial proceeding or any other proceeding resulting therefrom shall in so doing be immune from any civil liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed, providing such participation pursuant to this Code section shall be in good faith.    (Code 1933, § 88-1913, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1040, § 2; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1249, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1985, p. 898, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 12, § 2-13/SB 433.)   Law reviews.   - For article, "Hospital Liability for Physician Negligence in Georgia: A Realistic Approach," see 37 Mercer L. Rev. 701 (1986).
GA Code § 31-7-10 (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|§ 31-7-10. Certification and Approval of Hospitals Eligible to Render Service Under a Group Nonprofit Hospital Insurance Plan; Supervision of Such Hospitals; Withdrawal of Approval

 The department shall (1) certify and approve hospitals applying therefor which may be found to be eligible to render hospital service under any group nonprofit hospital insurance plan, which plan may be approved and become effective, and (2) supervise the services rendered by hospitals operating under such plan, with authority to withdraw approval from any hospital which subsequently may, under rules and regulations of the board, become ineligible for rendering such services, provided that, in fixing rules and regulations in this connection or in enforcing such rules, hospitals interested therein shall be given opportunity to be heard.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 355, § 6.)   Law reviews.   - For article, "Entity and Identity," see 60 Emory L.J. 1257 (2011).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 44 C.J.S., Insurance, § 63 et seq.
GA Code § 31-7-12.3 (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|§ 31-7-12.3. Adoption of Rules and Regulations to Implement Code Sections 31-7-12 and 31-7-12.2

 The department shall adopt rules and regulations to implement Code Sections 31-7-12 and 31-7-12.2. Notwithstanding the provision of limited nursing services by assisted living communities, such rules and regulations shall establish meaningful distinctions between the levels of care provided by personal care homes, assisted living communities, and nursing homes but shall not curtail the scope or levels of services provided by personal care homes or nursing homes as of June 30, 2011; provided, however, that nothing in this chapter shall preclude the department from issuing waivers or variances to personal care homes of the rules and regulations established pursuant to this Code section. Notwithstanding Code Section 31-7-12.2, the department shall not grant a waiver or variance unless:    There are adequate standards affording protection for the health and safety of residents of the personal care home;   The resident of the personal care home provides a medical assessment conducted by a licensed health care professional who is unaffiliated with the personal care home which identifies the needs of the resident; and   The department finds that the personal care home can provide or arrange for the appropriate level of care for the resident.     (Code 1981, §31-7-12.3, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 227, § 1/SB 178; Ga. L. 2018, p. 611, § 1-2/SB 406; Ga. L. 2020, p. 95, § 7/HB 987.)    The 2018 amendment,  effective October 1, 2019, deleted "31-2-9 or" preceding "31-7-12.2" near the end of the introductory paragraph of this Code section.    The 2020 amendment,  effective June 30, 2020, substituted "Notwithstanding the provision of limited nursing services by assisted living communities, such rules" for "Such rules" at the beginning of the second sentence of the introductory paragraph.