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title: O.C.G.A. § 43-27-11. Penalty.
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# O.C.G.A. § 43-27-11. Penalty.

(a) Any person who acts or serves in the capacity of a nursing home administrator without holding a license as a nursing home administrator issued in accordance with this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b) Any person who knowingly acts or serves in the capacity of a personal care home administrator or assisted living community administrator without holding an appropriate license as such, issued in accordance with this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(c) Any person not licensed under this chapter as a nursing home administrator who holds himself or herself out to be a licensed nursing home administrator or uses the initials N.H.A. after his or her name shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

## History

Ga. L. 1968, p. 1143, § 9; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1184, § 1; Ga. L. 2020, p. 95, § 9/HB 987.

The 2020 amendment, effective June 30, 2020, added subsection (b); redesignated former subsection (b) as present subsection (c); and, in subsection (c), inserted “as a nursing home administrator”, inserted “or herself”, and inserted “or her”.