Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 31. HEALTH · Chapter 7. REGULATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE FACILITIES · Article 3. GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND MODERNIZATION OF MEDICAL FACILITIES

31-7-56. Adherence to federal law and regulations.

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The establishment of hospital service areas, the determination of relative need, the priority of projects, and the standards of construction shall be consistent with Titles VI and VII of the federal Public Health Service Act, as now or hereafter amended, and the federal regulations prescribed thereunder.

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

Ga. L. 1949, p. 263, § 5; Ga. L. 1955, p. 410, § 5; Code 1933, § 88-2108, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-2107, enacted by Ga. L. 1966, p. 716, § 1; Ga. L. 2025, p. 1029, § 31(27)/SB 153, effective July 1, 2025.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, inserted “federal” preceding “Public Health Service Act” in this Code section.

Other notes

U.S. Code.: Titles VI and VII of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, referred to in this Code section, are codified as 42 U.S.C. §§ 291 et seq. and 292a et seq., respectively.

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