{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-7-16","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 31-7-16","heading":"Determination or pronouncement of death of patient who died in facility classified as nursing home.","body":"When a patient dies in any facility classified as a nursing home by the department and operating under a permit issued by the department, a physician assistant, a nurse practitioner, or a registered professional nurse licensed in this state and employed by such nursing home at the time of apparent death of such person, in the absence of a physician, may make the determination and pronouncement of the death of said patient; provided, however, that when it appears that a patient died from other than natural causes, only a physician may make the determination or pronouncement of death. Such determination or pronouncement shall be made in writing on a form approved by the department.","path":["TITLE 31 Health","CHAPTER 7 Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities","Article 1 Regulation of Hospitals and Related Institutions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.31.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"b358dd670ffc74605609c55b340e7449fad7b8d7775eb20670ab83c389baa347","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-7-15","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-7-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}