Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 290 - RULES OF DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 290-2 - FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES › Subject 290-2-6 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR CHILDREN'S TRANSITION CARE CENTERS › Rule 290-2-6-.07 - Inspections and Investigations

Current through Rules and
				Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)The department is authorized and empowered
				to conduct investigations and on-site inspections of any center required by
				these rules to be licensed. The proposed and current licensee and staff shall
				cooperate with any inspection or investigation by responding truthfully to any
				legitimate departmental inquiry.
(a) Initial
				Inspection. Following receipt and review of a complete application package, the
				department may conduct an on-site inspection of the center to assess compliance
				with these rules.
(b) Consent to
				Entry. An application for a license or commission to operate a center or the
				issuance of a license by the department constitutes consent by the applicant,
				the proposed holder of the license and the owner of the premises for the
				department's representative, after displaying picture identification to any
				center staff, to enter the premises at any time during operating hours for the
				purpose of inspecting the center. This includes both scheduled and unscheduled
				inspections and includes consent for meaningful access to all staff, parts of
				the premises, all children present, and all client and business records
				required by these rules. The department shall have the authority to require the
				production of any books, records, papers, or other information related to the
				initial or continued licensing of any center.
(c) Other Inspections. The department may
				conduct scheduled and unscheduled on-site inspections of a center in the
				following instances:
1. Annually or at other
				regular intervals as the department may determine or at the expiration of the
				current license; or
2. Upon
				receiving a report, including a report submitted by the center, alleging child
				abuse, mistreatment, neglect, exploitation, or deprivation which occurred while
				the child was in the care of the center director or employees; or
3. Upon receiving information of alleged
				violations of these rules, including information provided by the center, which,
				if true, could endanger the health, safety or welfare of the children in care;
				or
4. Upon receipt and review of a
				request for an amended license, where the department determines that an on-site
				inspection is advisable; or
5. Upon
				the department or its duly authorized representative being made aware of any
				flagrant abuses, derelictions or deficiencies during the course of the
				department's inspection or at any other time. The department shall immediately
				investigate such matters and may make an on-site inspection so as to take such
				actions as conditions may require; or
6. Subsequent to the receipt of a plan of
				correction, as determined necessary by the department, to monitor whether the
				plan of correction is being complied with by the center's personnel.
(d) Failure to Allow Access.
				Failure to allow access of the department's representative to the center, its
				staff, or the children receiving care at the center or the books, records,
				papers, or other information related to initial or continued licensing, or
				failure to cooperate with a departmental inspection or investigation shall
				constitute good cause for the denial, restriction, revocation or suspension of
				a license, or other penalty as provided by law.
(e) False or Misleading Statements. No
				licensee shall make or condone any employee making false or misleading
				statements to the department in connection with any authorized investigation or
				inspection being conducted by the department.