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

31-8-118. Freedom to exercise rights, pursue interests, voice complaints, and recommend changes; accommodations.

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

(a)
The facility must permit each resident to exercise the rights and pursue the interests described in this chapter without restraint, interference, coercion, discrimination, or reprisal from the facility.#
(b)
The facility must exercise judgment in situations which pose a threat to the health or safety of a resident, and when necessary, must achieve a reasonable accommodation of conflicting rights of residents.#
(c)
Each resident shall be permitted to voice complaints and recommend changes in policies, procedures, and services to the administrator, his designee, or the residents’ council.#

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 1933, § 88-1919B, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 149, § 1.

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