O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 31-2-14 (2019)

Nurse aide registry; complaint filing; public access

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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(a) The nurse aide registry established and maintained by the department as required by 42 C.F.R. Section 483.156 shall include, in addition to nurse aides who work in licensed facilities, nurse aides who provide services in this state in temporary or permanent private residences.

(b) The registry shall provide a method for an inquiry or complaint to be submitted by the public regarding a nurse aide providing services in private residences. Any such inquiries or complaints shall be handled in the same manner as required for nurse aides who work in licensed facilities.

(c) The department shall ensure that the registry is posted or a link to it is provided in a prominent location on the department’s website.

History

Code 1981, § 31-2-14, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 201, § 1/HB 1037.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 2011, p. 705,

§ 4-4/HB 214, effective July 1, 2011, redesignated former Code Section 31-2-14 as present Code Section 31-2-9.