O.C.G.A. § 43-27-6 (2019)
License requirement for administrators; qualifications
(a)(1) Prior to July 1, 2021, no person shall serve as a nursing home administrator until first obtaining a license from the board.
(2) On and after July 1, 2021, no person shall serve as an administrator of a long-term care facility until first obtaining a license from the board; provided, however, that an individual hired as an administrator of a long-term care facility shall have 60 days from the date of hire to obtain such licensure.
(b) The board shall issue licenses as administrators only to persons who:
(1) Are at least 21 years of age;
(2) Are of reputable and responsible character;
(3) Meet the standards and the criteria established by the board to evidence the applicant’s qualifications by training and experience to operate a personal care home, an assisted living community, or a nursing home, provided that two years of experience working in a personal care home, an assisted living community, or 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
(4) Satisfactorily pass a written or oral examination, or both, approved by the board to determine the applicable qualifications of the applicant to operate a personal care home, an assisted living community, or a nursing home.
History
Ga. L. 1968, p. 1143, § 3; Ga. L. 1970, p. 573, § 3; Ga. L. 1980, p. 536, § 2; Ga. L. 1986, p. 846, § 5; Ga. L. 2020, p. 95, § 9/HB 987. The 2020 amendment, effective June 30, 2020, designated the existing provisions of subsection (a) as paragraph (a)(1); substituted “Prior to July 1, 2021, no” for “No” at the beginning of paragraph (a)(1); added paragraph (a)(2); deleted “nursing
home” preceding “administrators” in the introductory text of subsection (b); deleted former paragraph (b)(3), which read: “Reserved;”; redesignated former paragraphs (b)(4) and (b)(5) as present paragraphs (b)(3) and (b)(4), respectively; inserted “personal care home, an assisted living community, or a” twice in paragraph (b)(3) and near the end of paragraph (b)(4); and inserted “applicable” in paragraph (b)(4).
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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 Ga. App. LEXIS 957 (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 occu-
pational 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.