O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 31-7-3 (2019)

Requirements for permits to operate institutions

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

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(a) Any person or persons responsible for the operation of any institution, or who may hereafter propose to establish and operate an institution and to provide specified clinical services, shall submit an application to the department for a permit to operate the institution and provide such services, such application to be made on forms prescribed by the department. No institution shall be operated in this

state without such a permit, which shall be displayed in a conspicuous place on the premises. No clinical services shall be provided by an institution except as approved by the department in accordance with the rules and regulations established pursuant to Code Section

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1983–2020 · leading case: Georgia Hosp. Ass'n v. Ledbetter, 396 S.E.2d 488 (Ga. 1990).

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Georgia Hosp. Ass'n v. Ledbetter, 396 S.E.2d 488 (Ga. 1990). · cites it 12× “To obtain an operating permit, hospitals may either submit to an inspection by the Department of Human Resources (DHR) or (under OCGA § 31-7-3 (b)) provide DHR with a report by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), a nonprofit Illinois…”

Piedmont Healthcare, Inc. v. Georgia Dep't of Human Resources, 638 S.E.2d 447 (Ga. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “Subsection (a) of the rule states that “Multi-building hospitals may request a single permit to include all buildings provided that the hospital buildings are in close proximity to each other, the facilities serve patients in the same geographical area, and the facilities are…”

Todd v. Physicians & Surgeons Cmty. Hosp., Inc., 302 S.E.2d 378 (Ga. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 2× “920, effective July 1,1981) (now OCGA § 31-7-3, effective November 1, 1982).”

Cobb Hosp., Inc. v. Emory-Adventist, Inc. (Ga. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 4× “Such term includes public, private, psychiatric, rehabilitative, geriatric, osteopathic, and other specialty hospitals.”

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