Title 43 — Title 43
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O.C.G.A. § 43-27-1 Definitions
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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 admi…
O.C.G.A. § 43-27-10 Local fees
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No provision of this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting or preventing a municipality or county from fixing, charging, assessing, or collecting any license fee, registration fee, tax, or gross receipt tax on any profession covered by this chapter or upon any related professi…
O.C.G.A. § 43-27-11 Penalty
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(a) Any person who acts or serves in the capacity of a nursing home administrator without holding a license as a nursing home administrator issued in accordance with this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) Any person who knowingly acts or serves in the capacity of a pe…
O.C.G.A. § 43-27-12 License requirement for administrators; qualifications
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Reciprocity; provisional license. Biennial license fees and renewal; applicability to superintendent of state hospital or facility. Restoration of suspended or revoked license. Local fees. Penalty. [Repealed] Termination. Rights of persons residing in long-term care facilities ge…
O.C.G.A. § 43-27-2 State Board of Long-Term Care Facility Administrators; members
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(a) There is created the State Board of Long-Term Care Facility Administrators, which, on and after June 30, 2022, shall consist of eleven members. The members of the board shall be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, as follows: (1) Four members who are nursing…
O.C.G.A. § 43-27-4 Board’s authority to determine qualifications of administrators
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The board shall have sole and exclusive authority to determine the qualifications, skill, and fitness of any person to serve as an administrator of a personal care home, an assisted living community, or a nursing home under this chapter; and the holder of a license under this chapt…
O.C.G.A. § 43-27-5 General powers and duties of board; limitations
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(a) The board shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To issue, renew, and reinstate the licenses of duly qualified applicants for licensure; (2) To deny, suspend, revoke, or otherwise sanction licenses to practice as an administrator; (3) To initiate investigations for th…
O.C.G.A. § 43-27-6 License requirement for administrators; qualifications
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(a)(1) Prior to July 1, 2021, no person shall serve as a nursing home administrator until first obtaining a license from the board. (2) On and after July 1, 2021, no person shall serve as an administrator of a long-term care facility until first obtaining a license from the board; …
O.C.G.A. § 43-27-7 Reciprocity; provisional license
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(a) The board, in its discretion and otherwise subject to this chapter and the rules and regulations of the board promulgated under this chapter prescribing the qualifications for a personal care home administrator license, an assisted living community administrator license, and a…
O.C.G.A. § 43-27-9 Restoration of suspended or revoked license
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The board may, for good cause shown and under such conditions as it may prescribe, restore a license to any person whose license has been suspended or revoked. History. Ga. L. 1973, p. 284, § 3; Ga. L. 2020, p. 95, § 9/HB 987. Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 2020, p. 95, § 9/HB 987, effec…