Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

31-7-173. License required.

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

No person, private or public organization, political subdivision, or other governmental agency may operate a hospice as defined in Code Section 31-7-172 without first obtaining license from the department. A license issued under this article is not assignable or transferable and must be separate from any existing license and is subject to suspension or revocation at any time for failure to comply with the provisions of this article or with the appropriate regulations promulgated by the department.

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.

Code 1981, § 31-7-173, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1317, § 2.

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