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Title 31. HEALTH · Chapter 7. REGULATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE FACILITIES · Article 9. HOSPICE CARE

31-7-171. Legislative findings.

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

  1. (a)

    The General Assembly finds that there is an interest in and need for hospice care, an alternative form of health care, for terminally ill patients and their families. The General Assembly further finds that hospice care is an important innovation which should be recognized and encouraged.#

  2. (b)

    Recognizing that hospice programs respond to the need for responsible, compassionate, palliative care for terminally ill persons and for their families, extending into the bereavement period, this General Assembly establishes definitions, standards, and provisions for licensure and regulation for hospice programs in this state.#

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, § 31-7-171, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1317, § 2.

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

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