Georgia Code — 31
Browse 989 sections in division 31 of the Georgia code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 31-1-1. Definitions.
- § 31-1-2. Use of flammable materials in eyeglass frames; delivery of completed work by offices, companies, or laboratories; penalty.
- § 31-1-3. Detection of hearing impairments in infants; evaluations.
- § 31-1-3. 1. Reporting disabled newborn persons; referral to treatment and rehabilitative services.
- § 31-1-3. 2. Hearing screenings for newborns.
- § 31-1-4. Penalties for false representation, impersonation.
- § 31-1-5. Compensation of employees for damage to wearing apparel caused by patients.
- § 31-1-6. Reuse of heart pacemakers.
- § 31-1-7. Marking of dentures and other removable dental prostheses for identification.
- § 31-1-8. Notice of proposed special facility.
- § 31-1-9. Breast-feeding of baby.
- § 31-1-10. State health officer; duties.
- § 31-1-11. No legal compulsion to participate in health care system; no legal prohibition on purchase or sale of health insurance in private health care systems.
- § 31-1-12. Hospitals to provide educational information to parents of newborns regarding pertussis disease and availability of a vaccine.
- § 31-1-13. Hemophilia Advisory Board.
- § 31-1-14. Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) forms.
- § 31-1-15. Storage, maintenance, control, and oversight of auto-injectable epinephrine by certain authorized entities.
- § 31-1-16. Reporting information concerning nurses holding multistate licenses.
- § 31-1-17. Notification of dense breast tissue.
- § 31-1-23. Blindness education, screening, and treatment program.
- § 31-1-18. Individuals with high risk for breast cancer; consumer information.
- § 31-1-40. Prohibition on expenditure or use of state resources to advocate for or intend to influence citizens in support of Medicaid expansion under the federal Affordable Care Act.
- § 31-2-1. Legislative intent; grant of authority.
- § 31-2-2. Definitions.
- § 31-2-3. Board of Community Health reconstituted; powers, functions, and duties; terms of board members; vacancies; removal; chairperson; expenses.
- § 31-2-4. Department's powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities; divisions; directors; contracts for health benefits.
- § 31-2-5. Transfer of personnel and functions; conforming to federal standards of personnel administration; existing procedures, regulations, and agreements; rules adoption and implementation.
- § 31-2-6. Commissioner of community health created; creation of divisions; allocation of functions.
- § 31-2-7. (See Editor's notes.) Rules and regulations; variances and waivers to rules and regulations establishing licensure standards for facilities; exemption of classes of facilities from regulation.
- § 31-2-8. Actions against certain applicants or licensees.
- § 31-2-9. Records check requirement for certain health care facilities; definitions; use of information gathered in investigation; penalties for unauthorized release or disclosure; rules and regulations; retention of fingerprints.
- § 31-2-10. Information and comparisons regarding state-wide cost and quality of health care.
- § 31-2-11. Biopharmaceuticals; expedited review for Georgia based companies.
- § 31-2-12. Pilot program to provide coverage for bariatric surgical procedures for treatment of obesity and related conditions; definitions; eligibility; requirements; evaluation report on two-year pilot program.
- § 31-2-13. Inspection warrant.
- § 31-2-14. Nurse aide registry; complaint filing; public access.
- § 31-2-15. Streamlining and expediting credentialing and billing processes.
- § 31-2-16. Rural Health System Innovation Center created; purposes and duties; reporting.
- § 31-2-17. Redesignated.
- § 31-2-17. 1. Redesignated.
- § 31-2-18. Redesignated.
- § 31-2-19. Advisory Council for Public Health; members; meetings.
- § 31-2-20. Public Health Commission; members; purpose; authority.
- § 31-2A-1. Creation of Board of Public Health; powers, duties, and functions of Board of Community Health transferred to the Board of Public Health; board composition and terms; vacancies, removal; chairperson; reimbursement of expenses.
- § 31-2A-2. Creation of Department of Public Health; transition of powers, function, and duties to new agency; commissioner of public health; creation of divisions.
- § 31-2A-3. Department of Public Health successor to certain rules, regulations, policies, procedures, administrative orders, rights, interests, and obligations of Department of Community Health.
- § 31-2A-4. Obligation to safeguard and promote health of people of the state.
- § 31-2A-5. Office of Women's Health; duties.
- § 31-2A-6. Rules and regulations.
- § 31-2A-7. "Conviction data" defined; department authorized to receive data from law enforcement relevant to employment decisions; criminal history information; retention of fingerprints.
- § 31-2A-8. Department as agency of state for receipt and administration of federal and other funds.
- § 31-2A-9. Studies and surveys of programs.
- § 31-2A-10. Venue of actions against department or board.
- § 31-2A-11. Standards for sewage management systems.
- § 31-2A-12. Rules and regulations governing operation of land disposal sites for septic tank waste from one business.
- § 31-2A-13. Diabetes coordinator; central repository for data related to prevention and treatment of diabetes.
- § 31-2A-14. Georgia Diabetes Control Grant Program; advisory committee; administration of authorized grant programs; grant criteria.
- § 31-2A-15. Additional duties of commissioner; authority to convene expert panels and consult with experts.
- § 31-2A-16. Maternal Mortality Review Committee established.
- § 31-2A-17. Alzheimer's Disease Registry established; purpose; procedures; rules and regulations; confidentiality of data.
- § 31-2A-18. Establishment of the Low THC Oil Patient Registry; definitions; purpose; registration cards; semiannual reports; waiver forms; annual review and recommendations.
- § 31-2A-19. Creation of Joint Study Commission on Low THC Medical Oil Access; membership; operation; reporting; abolishment.
- § 31-2A-30. Legislative authority.
- § 31-2A-31. Definitions.
- § 31-2A-32. Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program.
- § 31-2A-33. Administration and duties.
- § 31-2A-34. Services funded by program.
- § 31-2A-35. Grants.
- § 31-2A-36. Criteria for grant consideration.
- § 31-2A-37. Record maintenance and reporting.
- § 31-2A-38. Confidentiality.
- § 31-2A-39. Annual audit.
- § 31-2A-40. Reports to the General Assembly.
- § 31-2A-41. Acceptance of donations, contributions, and gifts.
- § 31-2A-50. Legislative findings.
- § 31-2A-51. Definitions.
- § 31-2A-52. Approval as designated perinatal facility; establishing criteria for levels of maternal and neonatal care.
- § 31-2A-53. Application process; review and redesignation of facilities; failure to comply with criteria.
- § 31-2A-54. Listing of designated facilities; self-assessment tool.
- § 31-2A-55. Provisions are not medical care; individualized care and treatment.
- § 31-2A-56. Advertisement prohibited unless designated by department.
- § 31-2A-57. Regulatory authority.
- § 31-3-1. Creation.
- § 31-3-2. Composition; terms of members.
- § 31-3-2. 1. Option for certain counties to create board of health and wellness by ordinance.
- § 31-3-3. Duty to inform department of membership.
- § 31-3-4. Powers.
- § 31-3-5. Functions.
- § 31-3-5. 1. Conformity prerequisite to building permit.
- § 31-3-5. 2. Definition of "gray water"; lawful use.
- § 31-3-6. Rules and regulations of local application.
- § 31-3-7. Compensation for members' attendance at meetings.
- § 31-3-8. Records.
- § 31-3-9. Office quarters and equipment.
- § 31-3-10. Legal representation.
- § 31-3-11. Appointments of director and staff; supervision.
- § 31-3-12. Duties of director.
- § 31-3-12. 1. Contracts between county boards; authorization for and provisions applicable to county board of health serving as community service board.
- § 31-3-13. Declaration of public policy; contracts for assistance to boards.
- § 31-3-14. Financing of expenses.
- § 31-3-15. Establishment of health districts.
- § 31-3-16. Enforcement under local ordinances.
- § 31-5-1. Adoption of rules and regulations.
- § 31-5-2. Hearings.
- § 31-5-3. Appeals.
- § 31-5-4. Testimony or production of evidence by compulsory process.
- § 31-5-5. Classification of confidential and privileged materials.
- § 31-5-6. Distribution of rules.
- § 31-5-7. Application of this chapter.
- § 31-5-8. Penalty for violations of the provisions of this title.
- § 31-5-9. Injunctions for enjoining violations of the provisions of this title; supersedeas; attachment for contempt; injunctions to abate public nuisances; where actions may be instituted.
- § 31-5-10. Notifying department or board of health of conditions on private property which are injurious to the public; inspection warrant; notice to owner and occupant; abatement.
- § 31-5-20. "Inspection warrant" defined.
- § 31-5-21. Persons who may obtain inspection warrants; authorization of searches and inspections of property.
- § 31-5-22. Issuance; grounds.
- § 31-5-23. Contents.
- § 31-5-24. Exclusion of evidence obtained.
- § 31-6-1. Declaration of policy.
- § 31-6-2. (See Editor's notes.) Definitions.
- § 31-6-3. "Medical use rights" defined; limitations.
- § 31-6-20. Health Strategies Council generally.
- § 31-6-21. Department of Community Health functions and powers.
- § 31-6-21. 1. Procedures for rule making by Department of Community Health.
- § 31-6-22. Commissioner of department.
- § 31-6-40. (See Editor's notes.) Certificate of need required for new institutional health services; exemption.
- § 31-6-40. 1. Acquisition of health care facilities; penalty for failure to notify department; limitation on applications; agreement to care for indigent patients; requirements for destination cancer hospitals; notice and hearing provisions for penalties authorized.
- § 31-6-40. 2. New perinatal services.
- § 31-6-40. 3. Conversion of destination cancer hospital to general cancer hospital; procedure; requirements.
- § 31-6-41. Scope and term of validity of certificate.
- § 31-6-42. Qualifications for issuance of certificate.
- § 31-6-42. 1. Payment of obligations prior to granting or modifying a certificate of need.
- § 31-6-43. Acceptance or rejection of application for certificate.
- § 31-6-44. Certificate of Need Appeal Panel.
- § 31-6-44. 1. Judicial review.
- § 31-6-45. Revocation of certificate of need; enforcement of chapter; regulatory investigations and examinations.
- § 31-6-45. 1. Automatic revocation of certificate of need or authority.
- § 31-6-45. 2. Participation as Medicaid provider requirement; termination by health care facility of participation as provider of medical assistance; monetary penalty.
- § 31-6-46. Annual report by department.
- § 31-6-47. Exemptions from chapter.
- § 31-6-47. 1. Prior notice and approval of certain activities.
- § 31-6-48. Prior entities abolished; transfer of contractual obligations.
- § 31-6-49. Transitional provisions.
- § 31-6-50. Application of review procedures to expenditures under Section 1122 of the federal Social Security Act.
- § 31-6-70. Reports to the department by certain health care facilities and all ambulatory surgical centers and imaging centers; public availability.
- § 31-7-1. (See Editor's notes.) Definitions.
- § 31-7-2. Classification of institutions.
- § 31-7-2. 1. Rules and regulations; availability of reports of cited deficiencies; disclosure of survey worksheets and documents.
- § 31-7-2. 2. Determination that patients or residents in an institution, community living arrangement, or treatment program are in danger; relocation of patients or residents; suspension of admissions.
- § 31-7-3. Requirements for permits to operate institutions.
- § 31-7-3. 1. Posting sign by hospital operating emergency room notifying individuals of legal rights in emergencies.
- § 31-7-3. 2. Notice of cited deficiency and imposition of sanction.
- § 31-7-3. 3. "Excluded party" defined; liability; notice; dismissal; other procedural factors.
- § 31-7-4. Denial or revocation of permits.
- § 31-7-5. Exemptions from permit requirements; application of this chapter to federally operated institutions.
- § 31-7-6. Provision of data for research purposes by organizations rendering patient care; liability of providers of data; use of data; confidentiality.
- § 31-7-7. Refusal or revocation by public hospital of staff privileges.
- § 31-7-7. 1. Denial of staff privileges based upon license, board certification, or membership in professional association.
- § 31-7-8. Reports of disciplinary actions against persons authorized to practice professions under Chapter 11, 34, or 35 of Title 43.
- § 31-7-9. Reports by physicians and other personnel of nonaccidental injuries to patients; immunity from liability.
- § 31-7-10. Certification and approval of hospitals eligible to render service under a group nonprofit hospital insurance plan; supervision of such hospitals; withdrawal of approval.
- § 31-7-11. Written summary of hospital service charge rates.
- § 31-7-12. "Personal care home" and "personal services" defined; licensure and registration; inspection by local boards; fees; investigations; waiver, variance, or exemption.
- § 31-7-12. 1. Unlicensed personal care home; civil penalties; negligence per se for certain legal claims; declared nuisance dangerous to public health, safety, and welfare; criminal sanctions.
- § 31-7-12. 2. Regulation and licensing of assisted living communities; legislative intent; definitions; procedures; requirements for medication aides.
- § 31-7-12. 3. Adoption of rules and regulations to implement Code Sections 31-7-12 and 31-7-12.2
- § 31-7-12. 4. Certificate for operation of memory care center required; staffing and training requirements; other requirements; regulation.
- § 31-7-12. 5. Notification and other requirements for COVID-19 infections in personal care homes.
- § 31-7-12. 6. SARS CoV-2 testing for residents and staff in long-term care facilities.
- § 31-7-13. Transfer of property upon death of patient.
- § 31-7-14. Blood supplies; blood donor storage programs.
- § 31-7-15. Review of professional practices by a peer review committee.
- § 31-7-16. Determination or pronouncement of death of patient who died in facility classified as nursing home.
- § 31-7-17. Licensure and regulation of hospitals and related institutions transferred to Department of Community Health.
- § 31-7-18. Influenza vaccinations for discharged patients aged 65 and older; vaccinations or other measures for health care workers and other employees in hospitals; immunity from liability; standing orders.
- § 31-7-19. Nursing homes to annually offer influenza vaccinations to health care workers and other employees; immunity from liability.
- § 31-7-20. Medical facilities to make good faith application to southern regional TRICARE managed care support coordinator for certification in the TRICARE program.
- § 31-7-21. Provision of influenza education information to assisted living community residents.
- § 31-7-22. Required publication by hospital of certain documentation on website; updating; penalty for noncompliance; enforcement; individual criminal penalty.
- § 31-7-50. Authorization of grants-in-aid.
- § 31-7-51. Definitions.
- § 31-7-52. Amounts of grants for construction and modernization.
- § 31-7-53. Matching formula; priority system; use of earnings; approval of federal grant.
- § 31-7-54. Manner of expenditure of construction funds.
- § 31-7-55. Administration of state funds.
- § 31-7-56. Adherence to federal law and regulations.
- § 31-7-57. Procedure for grants to sponsors of construction projects; injunction of operation by transferee in violation of article.
- § 31-7-70. Short title.
- § 31-7-71. Definitions.
- § 31-7-72. Creation of hospital authority in each county and municipality.
- § 31-7-72. 1. Merger of hospital authorities.
- § 31-7-73. Creation of additional hospital authority in counties with large populations.
- § 31-7-74. Residency requirement; officers; compensation; rules and regulations.
- § 31-7-74. 1. Definitions; disclosures required; prohibited transactions; exceptions; sanctioning; sanctioning of members violating prohibition; authorization of authority to make stricter rules; preemption of other laws; applicability.
- § 31-7-74. 2. Oath to be taken by members of hospital authority.
- § 31-7-74. 3. Sale or lease by hospital authority; hearing required; factors to be considered at hearing; applicability; requirements for lease.
- § 31-7-74. 4. Board members deemed directors upon sale or lease of hospital.
- § 31-7-75. Functions and powers.
- § 31-7-75. 1. Proceeds of sale of hospital held in trust to fund indigent health care.
- § 31-7-75. 2. Exemption from disclosure for potentially commercially valuable plan, proposal, or strategy.
- § 31-7-75. 3. Home health agency services operated by hospitals.
- § 31-7-76. Procedure in event of failure of authority to perform minimum functions; determination of removal from office; appointments to fill vacancies created by removal.
- § 31-7-77. Prohibition on for-profit projects; rates and charges; utilization of revenues to pay certain obligations.
- § 31-7-78. Issuance and sale of negotiable revenue anticipation certificates.
- § 31-7-79. Liability on revenue certificates; tax exemption.
- § 31-7-80. Form and contents of revenue certificates; validity of signatures thereon.
- § 31-7-81. Confirmation and validation of revenue certificates.
- § 31-7-82. Enforcement of rights of revenue certificate holders; procedure in event of default.
- § 31-7-83. Investment of surplus moneys and moneys received through issuance of revenue certificates.
- § 31-7-84. Payment for authority's services and facilities; levy of tax by political subdivisions; compliance by authority with county budgetary procedures.
- § 31-7-85. Contracts with political subdivisions.
- § 31-7-86. Manner of operating property conveyed or leased to authority.
- § 31-7-87. Hypothecation or mortgaging of purchased hospital facilities.
- § 31-7-88. Payment of general obligations.
- § 31-7-89. Procedure for dissolution; disposition of property.
- § 31-7-89. 1. "Control" defined; sale or lease by hospital authority subject to requirements of Article 15 of this chapter.
- § 31-7-90. Annual report; budget.
- § 31-7-90. 1. Community benefit report; report disclosing member ownership in entities transacting business with authority.
- § 31-7-91. Required annual audit.
- § 31-7-92. Filing of audits.
- § 31-7-93. Failure to provide for audit.
- § 31-7-94. Grants to hospital authorities and rural hospital organizations.
- § 31-7-94. 1. Rural Hospital Organization Assistance Act; legislative findings; certification of rural hospitals for grant eligibility; rules and regulations.
- § 31-7-95. Funding of medical education provided by hospital authorities and designated teaching hospitals.
- § 31-7-96. Construction of article.
- § 31-7-110. Short title.
- § 31-7-111. Findings; declaration of policy.
- § 31-7-112. Definitions.
- § 31-7-113. Creation of Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly Authority in each county and municipality; board of directors.
- § 31-7-114. Powers of authorities.
- § 31-7-115. Lease or sale of projects.
- § 31-7-116. Provisions contained in obligations and security for obligations; procedures for issuance of bonds and bond anticipation notes; interest rates; limitations and conditions.
- § 31-7-117. Liability for bonds or other obligations.
- § 31-7-118. Exemption from taxation.
- § 31-7-119. Holding moneys as trust funds; pledges for payment of bonds.
- § 31-7-120. Construction of article.
- § 31-7-130. Legislative intent.
- § 31-7-131. Definitions.
- § 31-7-132. Immunity from liability for peer review activities; immunity from liability of persons providing information.
- § 31-7-133. Confidentiality of review organization's records.
- § 31-7-140. "Medical review committee" defined.
- § 31-7-141. Committee members immune from liability.
- § 31-7-142. Liability of those providing health care facilities or services.
- § 31-7-143. Committee proceedings and records immune from discovery or use as evidence in civil actions.
- § 31-7-150. Definitions.
- § 31-7-151. License required; license may not be transferred but may be suspended or revoked.
- § 31-7-152. Application for license.
- § 31-7-153. Standards for patient care and agency operation; regulations as to issuance, denial, suspension, or revocation of licenses; hearings.
- § 31-7-154. Inspections.
- § 31-7-155. Certificates of need for new service or extending service area; exemption from certificate.
- § 31-7-156. Fee system for services under this article.
- § 31-7-157. Exemptions from article.
- § 31-7-158. Penalties for unlicensed operation.
- § 31-7-159. Licensure and regulation of home health agencies transferred to Department of Community Health.
- § 31-7-160. Definitions.
- § 31-7-161. Appointment to staff of medical facility or institution.
- § 31-7-162. Training and experience requirements.
- § 31-7-163. Status of present psychologist staff members.
- § 31-7-164. Limitation or revocation of staff privileges.
- § 31-7-165. Report of denial of staff privileges.
- § 31-7-170. Short title.
- § 31-7-171. Legislative findings and purpose.
- § 31-7-172. Definitions.
- § 31-7-173. License required.
- § 31-7-174. Application for license.
- § 31-7-175. Administration of article.
- § 31-7-176. Responsibilities of provider of hospice care.
- § 31-7-176. 1. Determination or pronouncement of death.
- § 31-7-177. Inpatient beds.
- § 31-7-178. Inspection.
- § 31-7-179. Certificate of need not required.
- § 31-7-190. Legislative intent.
- § 31-7-191. Definitions.
- § 31-7-192. Georgia Palliative Care and Quality of Life Advisory Council.
- § 31-7-193. Palliative Care Consumer and Professional Information and Education Program.
- § 31-7-280. Health care provider annual reports; form.
- § 31-7-281. Data system established; departmental authority.
- § 31-7-282. Collection and submission of data.
- § 31-7-283. Compilation and dissemination of information; rules and regulations.
- § 31-7-284. Public disclosure; updating of data base; publication; fees.
- § 31-7-285. Confidentiality; liability.
- § 31-7-300. Definitions.
- § 31-7-301. License requirement; license not assignable or transferable.
- § 31-7-302. Rules and regulations; authority of department to issue, suspend, or revoke licenses.
- § 31-7-303. Inspections; requirements for exemption.
- § 31-7-304. Fees.
- § 31-7-305. Exempt services.
- § 31-7-306. Applications received prior to effective date of article.
- § 31-7-307. Certificate of need not required of licensees; operation of licensee as home health agency not authorized.
- § 31-7-308. Licensure and regulation of private home care providers transferred to Department of Community Health.
- § 31-7-350. Short title; purpose.
- § 31-7-351. Definitions.
- § 31-7-352. Registry check required; validation of licensing.
- § 31-7-353. Records check application; transmittal of fingerprints; penalties for unauthorized release or disclosure of information.
- § 31-7-354. Consent to background checks; certain results of background check barring employment; rights of owner, applicant, or employee.
- § 31-7-355. Personnel files; when department may require background check; result of unsatisfactory determination.
- § 31-7-356. Facility's failure to comply with provisions; penalty.
- § 31-7-357. Required notice on application form.
- § 31-7-358. License revocation or withholding; additional requirements.
- § 31-7-359. Liability for civil damages; sovereign immunity not waived.
- § 31-7-360. Rules and regulations.