Georgia § 31-44-5 - Exceptions to licensing requirement.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 31-44-5 — Exceptions to licensing requirement., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 31-44-5. Exceptions to licensing requirement.
The following facilities are not required to be licensed under this chapter: A hospital permitted under Chapter 7 of this title that provides dialysis to individuals receiving services from the hospital; The office of a physician unless the office is used primarily as an end stage renal disease facility; or Federal or state agency facilities. (Code 1981, § 31-44-5 , enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 526, § 1.) Code Commission notes. - Ga. L. 2000, p. 126, § 1, Ga. L. 2000, p. 526, § 1, and Ga. L. 2000, p. 549, § 3 all enacted a Chapter 43 of Title 31. Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2000, the chapter enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 526, § 1 has been redesignated as Chapter 44 of Title 31 and the Code sections therein redesignated accordingly. The chapter enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 549, § 3 has been redesignated as Chapter 45 of Title 31 and the Code sections therein redesignated accordingly. Editor's notes. - For information as to the elimination of a certain future repeal or "sunset" of this Code section, see the Editor's note at the beginning of this chapter.
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