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title: O.C.G.A. § 43-27-1. Definitions.
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# O.C.G.A. § 43-27-1. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the term:

(1) “Administrator” means a person who operates, manages, supervises, or is in charge of a long-term care facility.

(2) “Assisted living community” means a facility licensed pursuant to Code Section 31-7-12.2.

(3) “Assisted living community administrator” means a person who operates, manages, supervises, or is in charge of an assisted living community.

(4) “Board” means the State Board of Long-Term Care Facility Administrators.

(5) “Long-term care facility” means a personal care home, an assisted living community, or a nursing home.

(6) “Nursing home” has the same meaning as prescribed by the Department of Community Health in the rules and regulations for nursing homes.

(7) “Nursing home administrator” means a person who operates, manages, supervises or is in charge of a nursing home.

(8) “Personal care home” means a facility licensed pursuant to Code Section 31-7-12 which has 25 or more beds.

(9) “Personal care home administrator” means a person who operates, manages, supervises, or is in charge of a personal care home.

## History

Ga. L. 1968, p. 1143, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 573, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 846, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-4/HB 228; Ga. L. 2020, p. 95, § 9/HB 987.

The 2020 amendment, effective June 30, 2020, added paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (5), (8), and (9); redesignated former paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as present paragraphs (4), (6), and (7), respectively; substituted “Long Term Care Facility Administrators” for “Nursing Home Administrators” in paragraph (4); and deleted “or” following “manages,” in paragraph (7).

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1986, “this” was substituted for “the” in the introductory language.