--- title: O.C.G.A. § 31-8-63. Rules and regulations. collection: code id: 31-8-63 cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 31-8-63 (2025) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-8-63 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-8-63.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-8-63/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t31-(v23)-2025-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=da7ded69_0#page=522 date: 2025 status: active corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68 license: CC0-1.0 publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-8.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-8-62.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-8-80.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md version: the only printed version in_force: true current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia heading_path: HEALTH / CARE AND PROTECTION OF INDIGENT AND ELDERLY PATIENTS / LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM --- # O.C.G.A. § 31-8-63. Rules and regulations. The department is authorized to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to implement this article. ## History Code 1933, § 88-1914a, enacted by Ga. L. 1979, p. 1240, § 1.