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As used in this article, the term:

  1. "Administrator" means a person, duly licensed as a nursing home administrator under Chapter 27 of Title 43, who operates or manages or is in charge of a long-term care facility.

    (1.1) "Department" means the Department of Community Health.

  2. "Guardian" means a resident's legal guardian or conservator, or the parent of a minor representative who does not have a duly appointed guardian.
  3. "Long-term care facility" or "facility" means any intermediate care home, skilled nursing home, or intermingled home subject to regulation and licensure by the department.
  4. "Representative" means a person authorized by a resident or his guardian to act for the resident as an official delegate or agent.
  5. "Resident" means any person who is receiving treatment or care in any long-term care facility. Such resident shall be entitled to exercise all rights provided under this article except as limited by a court of competent jurisdiction or by applicable law.

(Code 1933, § 88-1902B, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 149, § 1; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 4-12/HB 214.)

Law reviews.

- For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 147 (2011).


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