Certificate of need not required

Where a hospice has obtained a license from the department, there shall be no requirement that the hospice obtain a certificate of need in order to provide any hospice care. History. — Code 1981, § 31-7-179, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1317, § 2. ARTICLE 10 PATIENT CENTERED AND FAMILY FOCUSED PALLIATIVE CARE Editor’s notes. — Ga. L. 1993, p. 738, § 19, effective April 9, 1993, repealed the Code sections formerly codified at this article. The former article consisted of Code Sections 31-7-190 through 31-7-208, relating to the Hospital Financing Author- ity, and was based on Ga. L. 1984, p. 1654, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 31; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1519, §§ 1-5; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 31; Ga. L. 1990, p. 894, §§ 1-11; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 31; and Ga. L. 1992, p. 1323, §§ 1, 1.5, 2. 31-7-190. Legislative intent.