Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 31. HEALTH · Chapter 8. CARE AND PROTECTION OF INDIGENT AND ELDERLY PATIENTS · Article 3. LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM

31-8-51. Definitions.

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

As used in this article, the term:
(1)
“Community ombudsman” means a person certified as a community ombudsman pursuant to Code Section 31-8-52.#
(1.1)
“Department” means the Department of Human Services.#
(2)
“Long-term care facility” means any skilled nursing home, intermediate care home, private home care provider, assisted living community, or personal care home now or hereafter subject to regulation and licensure by the Department of Community Health.#
(3)
“Resident” means any person who is receiving treatment or care in any long-term care facility who seeks admission to such facility or who has been discharged or transferred from such facility.#
(4)
“State ombudsman” means the state ombudsman established under Code Section 31-8-52.#

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, § 88-1901a, enacted by Ga. L. 1979, p. 1240, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-16/HB 228; Ga. L. 2011, p. 227, § 18/SB 178; Ga. L. 2014, p. 477, § 1/SB 207.

Code Commission notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2009, “Department of Community Health” was substituted for “department” in paragraph (2).

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