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Título 31. HEALTH · Capítulo 8. CARE AND PROTECTION OF INDIGENT AND ELDERLY PATIENTS · Artículo 5. BILL OF RIGHTS FOR RESIDENTS OF LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES

31-8-102. Definitions.

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

El texto siguiente es la ley tal como la imprime el estado, en inglés.

  1. As used in this article, the term:

  2. (1)

    “Administrator” means a person, duly licensed as a nursing home administrator under Chapter 27 of Title 43, who operates or manages or is in charge of a long-term care facility.#

  3. (1.1)

    “Department” means the Department of Community Health.#

  4. (2)

    “Guardian” means a resident’s legal guardian or conservator, or the parent of a minor representative who does not have a duly appointed guardian.#

  5. (3)

    “Long-term care facility” or “facility” means any intermediate care home, skilled nursing home, or intermingled home subject to regulation and licensure by the department.#

  6. (4)

    “Representative” means a person authorized by a resident or his guardian to act for the resident as an official delegate or agent.#

  7. (5)

    “Resident” means any person who is receiving treatment or care in any long-term care facility. Such resident shall be entitled to exercise all rights provided under this article except as limited by a court of competent jurisdiction or by applicable law.#

Las notas siguientes se imprimen con la sección, pero no son ley promulgada (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). Se muestran aparte del texto.

History

Code 1933, § 88-1902B, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 149, § 1; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 4-12/HB 214.

Law reviews

For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 147 (2011).

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

Texto leído de t31-(v23)-2025-pdf.pdf, Volumen V23, edición 2025, páginas 530 a 531; acción de fusión: bound only; SHA-256 del archivo ba5a57f85d04.