Georgia § 43-27-11 - Penalty.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 43-27-11 — Penalty., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 43-27-11. Penalty.
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. Any person who knowingly acts or serves in the capacity of a personal care home administrator or assisted living community administrator without holding an appropriate license as such, issued in accordance with this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person not licensed under this chapter as a nursing home administrator who holds himself or herself out to be a licensed nursing home administrator or uses the initials N.H.A. after his or her name shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ga. L. 1968, p. 1143, § 9; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1184, § 1; Ga. L. 2020, p. 95, § 9/HB 987.) The 2020 amendment, effective June 30, 2020, added subsection (b); redesignated former subsection (b) as present subsection (c); and, in subsection (c), inserted "as a nursing home administrator", inserted "or herself", and inserted "or her".
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Section 43-27-11 ("Penalty.") is part of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the codified statutory law of Georgia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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