§ 31-7-175 — Administration of article

(a) 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. (b) 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.

Legislative History

Amended by 2009 Ga. Laws 102,§ 1-4, eff. 7/1/2009. Amended by 2008 Ga. Laws 392,§ 2-18, eff. 7/1/2009.