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Intermediate Care Nursing Homes

Definitions:

A facility that admits residents on medical referral and maintains services and facilities for institutional and intermediate care. (Intermediate Care means the provision of food, including special diets when required, shelter, laundry and personal care services, such as help with dressing, getting in and out of bed, bathing, feeding, medications and similar assistance, such services being under the supervision of a nurse.)

Exemptions:

Any nursing home operated by the federal government.

Type Regulation:

A facility must obtain a permit. A facility choosing to participate in federal programs as a nursing facility must be certified.

Legal Authority:

O.C.G.A. § 31-7-1, Title 31- Health; Chapter 7- Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and other Health Care Facilities; Article 1- Regulation of Hospitals and Related Institutions
   
O.C.G.A. § 31-7-1, Title 31- Health; Chapter 7- Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and other Health Care Facilities; Article 5- Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly Authorities

     
The following link will take you to the Georgia General Assembly, Georgia Code website.  Scroll down the page to find O.C.G.A. § 31-7-300.
   

Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Rules:

Rules and Regulations for Intermediate Care Homes, Chapter 290-5-9, effective November 15, 1976.

Fees:

• Permit: No charge

• Rules: $5.50