{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-7-3.4","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 31-7-3.4","heading":"Carrying of liability insurance or establishment of self-insurance trust as condition precedent to obtaining or maintaining permit.","body":"(a) As used in this Code section, the term “nursing home claim” means a claim alleging direct or vicarious liability for the personal injury or death of one or more residents of a nursing home or intermediate care home or a violation of residents’ rights at such home under Article 5 of Chapter 8 of this title.\n(b) (1) As a condition precedent to obtaining or maintaining a permit under this article to operate a nursing home or intermediate care home, a licensee shall carry or be covered by liability insurance coverages or establish or have established for its benefit a self-insurance trust for a nursing home claim.\n(2) If a licensee fails to carry or be covered by liability insurance coverages or establish or have established for its benefit a self-insurance trust for a nursing home claim, the department shall provide notice to such licensee of its noncompliance and allow such licensee 60 days in which to comply. A licensee’s failure to maintain such coverage or establish such trust shall result in the department:\n(A) Revoking such licensee’s permit issued pursuant to this article to operate the nursing home or intermediate care home;\n(B) Denying any application to renew such permit; and\n(C) Denying any application for a change of ownership of the nursing home or intermediate care home.","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":"1e10882bcb72e356ebb1bf20a437eff9aa17f2620fe525dc8d07f88fbd4714ab","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-7-3.3","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-7-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}