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Title 31. HEALTH · Chapter 11. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES · Article 6. SYSTEM OF CERTIFIED STROKE CENTERS

31-11-112. Identification of stroke centers.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

  1. (a)

    The department shall identify hospitals that meet the criteria set forth in this article as comprehensive, primary, or remote treatment stroke centers. In addition, the department shall be authorized to establish one or more additional levels of stroke centers, in consultation with the Georgia Coverdell Acute Stroke Registry, as necessary based on advancements in medicine and patient care.#

  2. (b)

    A hospital shall apply to the department for such identification and shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department that the hospital meets the applicable criteria set forth in or established in accordance with Code Section 31-11-113.#

  3. (c)

    The department shall identify as many hospitals as stroke centers as apply for the identification, provided that each applicant meets the applicable criteria set forth in Code Section 31-11-113 or established by the department.#

  4. (d)

    The department may suspend or revoke a hospital’s identification as a stroke center, after notice and hearing, if the department determines that the hospital is not in compliance with the requirements of this article.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 31-11-112, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 1102, § 2/SB 549; Ga. L. 2016, p. 438, § 1/HB 853.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2016, p. 438, § 2/HB 853, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “The department shall begin the rulemaking process to effect the provisions of this Act no later than June 30, 2016.”

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

Text read from t31-(v23)-2025-pdf.pdf, Volume V23, 2025 edition, pages 740 to 741; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 ba5a57f85d04.