TITLE 31 HEALTH

Section 7. Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities, 31-7-1 through 31-7-412.

ARTICLE 9 HOSPICE CARE

31-7-175. Administration of article.

1. The administration of this article is vested in the Department of Community Health which shall:
   1. Prepare and furnish all forms necessary under the provisions of this article in relation to the application for licensure or renewals thereof;
   2. After consultation with appropriate public interest groups, adopt rules within the standards of this article necessary to effect the purposes of this article; and
   3. Establish comprehensive rules and regulations for the licensure of hospices.
2. Rules promulgated by the department shall include but not be limited to the following:
   1. The qualifications of professional and ancillary personnel in order to furnish adequate hospice care;
   2. Comprehensive standards for the organization and quality of patient care;
   3. Procedures for maintaining records;
   4. Comprehensive standards for inpatient facilities, to include specifications that the hospice retain primary responsibility for the coordination of inpatient hospice care;
   5. Provision for contractual arrangements for professional and ancillary hospice services; and
   6. Provisions for the imposition of administrative fines for any violations of any provisions of this article or of department rules or regulations.

(Code 1981, §31-7-175, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1317, § 2; Ga. L. 2008, p. 12, § 2-18/SB 433; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-4/HB 228.)