Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 503 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL PROBATION ADVISORY COUNCIL › Chapter 503-1 - PROBATION SERVICES › Rule 503-1-.37 - Enforcement of Probation Entity Requirements

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
The council shall have the authority to deny, suspend, and
				revoke the registration approval of a probation entity for noncompliance with
				requirements. Additionally, it shall have the authority to issue a written
				reprimand or assess administrative fines against any probation entity for
				noncompliance with requirements. In considering which sanction to impose, the
				council shall consider the probation entity's history of compliance, the
				seriousness of the violations, whether the probation entity voluntarily
				reported problems giving rise to any violation, and whether the probation
				entity exhibited good faith efforts to correct areas of noncompliance prior or
				subsequent to their discovery by the council.
(a) Grounds for denial, suspension,
			 revocation, reprimand or assessment of administrative fines. The council may
			 base the denial, suspension, revocation, or assessment of an administrative
			 fine upon any of the following applicable grounds:
1. Knowingly making any verbal or written
			 false or misleading statement of material fact, or knowingly omitting to state
			 a material fact in connection with a registration application or in connection
			 with an inspection or investigation;
2. Failing or refusing to provide council
			 representatives with meaningful access to the probation entity premises, staff,
			 offender records, including refusing to provide the council representatives
			 with documents reasonably necessary to making a compliance
			 determination;
3. The applicant for
			 registration approval having an overall poor record of compliance, including,
			 but not limited to, denial of registration approval within the previous 12
			 months, registration revocation at any time in the past in this or any other
			 state, or registration suspension within the previous two years;
4. Changing ownership of a private probation
			 entity in order to avoid or avert the denial, revocation, or suspension of
			 registration;
5. Altering or
			 falsifying any probation entity records;
6. Failing or refusing to remit required
			 reports as outlined in these rules;
7. Failing or refusing to comply with any of
			 these rules and regulations, probation entity requirements or violating any law
			 relating to the operation of a probation entity;
8. Failing or refusing to abide by, or comply
			 with, any order or directive issued by the council pursuant to its authority as
			 provided by law or by these rules and regulations;
9. Failing or refusing to properly supervise
			 its officers, agents, or employees to the detriment of the public. The category
			 of fine under part (c) of this section will be determined by the council based
			 upon the egregiousness of the violation; and
10. Committing any act or omission that the
			 council, by a majority vote, finds to be contrary to the spirit of these rules
			 and regulations or contrary to the public good.