This article, being necessary for the welfare of the citizens of the state, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof; and insofar as this article may be inconsistent with any other law, whether by charter of any political subdivision of the state or otherwise, this article shall be controlling.
(Ga. L. 1941, p. 241, § 16; Code 1933, § 88-1819, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)
Cross references.- Revenue bonds generally, § 36-82-60 et seq.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Cited in Tift County Hosp. Auth. v. MRS of Tifton, Ga., Inc., 255 Ga. 164, 335 S.E.2d 546 (1985); Kendall v. Griffin-Spalding County Hosp. Auth., 242 Ga. App. 821, 531 S.E.2d 396 (2000).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Authority may authorize contract for private back-up ambulance service.
- Hospital authority may enter into contract with private ambulance service, on trip by trip basis, to provide for a back-up ambulance service for authority. 1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 70-200.
ARTICLE 5 RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES FOR THE ELDERLY AUTHORITIES
Cross references.
- Protection of disabled adults and elder persons, T. 30, C. 5.
Licensing of nursing home administrators, T. 43, C. 27.
Exemptions from law regarding public officials' conflicts of interest relating to Medicaid and Medicare payments, § 45-10-25.
Provision by Department of Human Resources (now the Department of Community Health for these purposes) of adult day center services for the aging, T. 49, C. 6.
Administrative Rules and Regulations.- Nursing homes, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Department of Community Health, Healthcare Facility Regulation, Subject 111-8-56.
Law reviews.- For article, "Tax-exempt Financing of Housing for the Elderly in Georgia," see 17 Ga. St. B. J. 41 (1980). For note, procedural requirements for public approval of tax-exempt industrial development bonds under TEFRA, 19 Ga. St. B. J. 84 (1982).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Construction with Hospital Authorities Law.
- The Hospital Authorities Law, O.C.G.A. § 31-7-70 et seq., and the Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly Authorities Act, O.C.G.A. § 31-7-110 et seq., should not be viewed as mutually exclusive and may be harmonized. 1984 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U84-9.
While both the Hospital Authorities Law, O.C.G.A. § 31-7-70 et seq., and the Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly Authorities Act, O.C.G.A. § 31-7-110 et seq., allow either authority to acquire or build a facility, a Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly Authority, as opposed to a Hospital Authority, may not operate a facility. 1984 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U84-9.