Use of Powers; Providers or Facilities Charging an Entrance Fee

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  1. For the purpose of enforcing the requirements of this chapter, the Commissioner and the department shall be authorized to use the powers granted in Chapters 1 and 2 of this title.
  2. A provider or facility which charges a resident an entrance fee for lodging in a residential unit and provides limited continuing care shall not call itself nor be considered a provider of continuing care, but such provider or facility shall otherwise be subject to the requirements imposed upon the providers and facilities regulated by this chapter; provided, however, that a facility that has received a certificate of authority and has been in conformance with the provisions of this chapter prior to July 1, 2011, may continue to call and present itself to the public as a provider of continuing care.

(Code 1981, §33-45-2, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1817, § 1; Ga. L. 2011, p. 315, § 1/SB 166.)


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