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O.C.G.A. § 43-27-6 — License requirement for nursing home administrators; qualifications | Georgia Code
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TITLE 43 PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES

Section 27. Nursing Home Administrators, 43-27-1 through 43-27-12.

ARTICLE 4 NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT

43-27-6. License requirement for nursing home administrators; qualifications.

  1. No person shall serve as a nursing home administrator until first obtaining a license from the board.
  2. The board shall issue licenses as nursing home administrators only to persons who:
    1. Are at least 21 years of age;
    2. Are of reputable and responsible character;
    3. Reserved;
    4. Meet the standards and the criteria established by the board to evidence the applicant's qualifications by training and experience to operate a nursing home, provided that two years of experience working in a nursing home shall be equivalent to one year of any academic education and training requirements established by the board; and such experience may be substituted without limitation for such education and training requirements; and
    5. Satisfactorily pass a written or oral examination, or both, approved by the board to determine the qualifications of the applicant to operate a nursing home.

(Ga. L. 1968, p. 1143, § 3; Ga. L. 1970, p. 573, § 3; Ga. L. 1980, p. 536, § 2; Ga. L. 1986, p. 846, § 5.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Plaintiff must prove licensure in order to recover for services.

- Although fact of license need not be alleged, it must be shown to entitle plaintiff to recover. Culverhouse v. Atlanta Ass'n for Convalescent Aged Persons, 127 Ga. App. 574, 194 S.E.2d 299 (1972).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Right to enjoin business competitor from unlicensed or otherwise illegal acts or practices, 90 A.L.R.2d 7.

Single or isolated transactions as falling within provisions of commercial or occupational licensing requirements, 93 A.L.R.2d 90.

Recovery back of money paid to unlicensed person required by law to have occupational or business license or permit to make contract, 74 A.L.R.3d 637.

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