Definitions

As used in this chapter, the term: (1) “Administrator” means a person who operates, manages, supervises, or is in charge of a long-term care facility. (2) “Assisted living community” means a facility licensed pursuant to Code Section 31-7-12.2. (3) “Assisted living community administrator” means a person who operates, manages, supervises, or is in charge of an assisted living community. (4) “Board” means the State Board of Long-Term Care Facility Administrators. (5) “Long-term care facility” means a personal care home, an assisted living community, or a nursing home. (6) “Nursing home” has the same meaning as prescribed by the Department of Community Health in the rules and regulations for nursing homes. (7) “Nursing home administrator” means a person who operates, manages, supervises or is in charge of a nursing home. (8) “Personal care home” means a facility licensed pursuant to Code Section 31-7-12 which has 25 or more beds. (9) “Personal care home administrator” means a person who operates, manages, supervises, or is in charge of a personal care home. History. Ga. L. 1968, p. 1143, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 573, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 846, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-4/HB 228; Ga. L. 2020, p. 95, § 9/HB 987. The 2020 amendment, effective June 30, 2020, added paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (5), (8), and (9); redesignated former para- graphs (1), (2), and (3) as present paragraphs (4), (6), and (7), respectively; substituted “Long Term Care Facility Administrators” for “Nursing Home Administrators” in paragraph (4); and deleted “or” following “manages,” in paragraph (7). 853 43-27-1 PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES