TITLE 31 HEALTH

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

ARTICLE 13 PRIVATE HOME CARE PROVIDERS

31-7-307. Certificate of need not required of licensees; operation of licensee as home health agency not authorized.

1. A certificate of need issued pursuant to Chapter 6 of this title is not required for any person, business entity, corporation, or association, whether operated for profit or not for profit, which is operating as a private home care provider as long as such operation does not also constitute such person, entity, or organization operating as a home health agency or personal care home under this chapter.
2. A license issued under this article shall not entitle the licensee to operate as a home health agency, as defined in Code Section 31-7-150, under medicare or Medicaid guidelines.

(Code 1981, §31-7-307, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 959, § 1.)