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O.C.G.A. § 31-7-22 Required publication by hospital of certain documentation on website; updating; penalty for noncompliance; enforcement; individual criminal penalty
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(a) As used in this Code section, the term ‘‘hospital’’ means a nonprofit hospital, a hospital owned or operated by a hospital authority, or a nonprofit corporation formed, created, or operated by or on behalf of a hospital authority. (b) Beginning October 1, 2019, each hospital …
O.C.G.A. § 31-7-3 Requirements for permits to operate institutions
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(a) Any person or persons responsible for the operation of any institution, or who may hereafter propose to establish and operate an institution and to provide specified clinical services, shall submit an application to the department for a permit to operate the institution and p…
O.C.G.A. § 31-7-3.1 Posting sign by hospital operating emergency room notifying individuals of legal rights in emergencies
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As a condition of obtaining or retaining the permit required by Code Section 31-7-3 to operate such institution, any hospital which operates an emergency room shall post conspicuously therein a sign notifying the public of the rights of individuals under federal or state law with…
O.C.G.A. § 31-7-3.2 Notice of cited deficiency and imposition of sanction
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(a) A nursing home or intermediate care home licensed under this article shall give notice in the event that such facility has been cited by the department for any deficiency for which the facility has received notice of the imposition of any sanction available under federal or s…