{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-7-177","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 31-7-177","heading":"Inpatient beds.","body":"Since hospice care is primarily provided at home, licensure shall not be determined solely on the number of inpatient beds needed for service. Inpatient beds under contract to a hospice program may be used by the hospice when needed but may remain otherwise available to the inpatient unit at other times without a change in licensing.","path":["TITLE 31 Health","CHAPTER 7 Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities","Article 9 Hospice Care"],"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":"ac2cb93056665f7f471a1c0f738847b1e9d6689437eef80d54a64b053730b830","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-7-176.1","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-7-178"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}