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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 31. HEALTH · Chapter 7. REGULATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE FACILITIES · Article 16. DESIGNATED ESSENTIAL CAREGIVER

31-7-433. Waiver of rights; compliance.

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

  1. (a)

    Except as otherwise provided for in this article, the rights specified in this article may not be terminated, suspended, or waived by the hospital or long-term care facility, the Department of Public Health, or any governmental entity, notwithstanding declarations of emergency declared by the Governor pursuant to law. No hospital or long-term care facility shall require a patient or resident to waive the rights specified in this article.#

  2. (b)

    The provisions of this article shall be construed to comply with the requirements of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for hospitals and long-term care facilities to participate in and receive payment through the Medicare and Medicaid programs.#

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, § 31-7-433, enacted by Ga. L. 2024, p. 664, § 2/HB 663, effective July 1, 2024.

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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 486 to 487; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 ba5a57f85d04.