Official Code of Georgia Annotated
Title 31. HEALTH · Chapter 8. CARE AND PROTECTION OF INDIGENT AND ELDERLY PATIENTS · Article 5. BILL OF RIGHTS FOR RESIDENTS OF LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES
31-8-107. Discrimination on the basis of history or condition of mental or physical disease or disability prohibited.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.
Each resident or person requesting admission to a facility shall be free from discrimination by the facility through its refusing admission or continued residency on the basis of the resident’s or applicant’s history or condition of mental or physical disease or disability, unless such admission would cause the facility or any resident to lose eligibility for any state or federal program of financial assistance or unless the facility cannot provide adequate and appropriate care, treatment, and services to the resident due to such disease or disability.
History
Code 1933, § 88-1910B, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 149, § 1.
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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, page 533; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 ba5a57f85d04.