Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 31. HEALTH · Chapter 7. REGULATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE FACILITIES · Article 14A. CENTRAL CAREGIVER REGISTRY

31-7-380. Purpose and legislative intent.

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

The purpose of this article is to enable employers who are family members or guardians of elderly persons or disabled persons to obtain an employment eligibility determination from the department for applicants who are seeking to provide and employees who are providing personal care services to their family members or wards. It is the intent of the General Assembly to allow the department to establish and maintain a caregiver registry so as to provide such employers with access to employment eligibility determinations conducted by the department in a similar manner as licensed facilities receive employment determinations as provided in Article 14 of this chapter.

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, § 31-7-380, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 611, § 1-5/SB 406; Ga. L. 2024, p. 1024, § 1/SB 456, effective July 1, 2024.

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, inserted “or disabled persons” near the middle of the first sentence.

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