{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-7-307","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 31-7-307","heading":"Certificate of need not required of licensees; operation of licensee as home health agency not authorized.","body":"(a) A certificate of need issued pursuant to Chapter 6 of this title is not required for any person, business entity, corporation, or association, whether operated for profit or not for profit, which is operating as a private home care provider as long as such operation does not also constitute such person, entity, or organization operating as a home health agency or personal care home under this chapter.\n(b) A license issued under this article shall not entitle the licensee to operate as a home health agency, as defined in Code Section 31-7-150, under medicare or Medicaid guidelines.","path":["TITLE 31 Health","CHAPTER 7 Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities","Article 13 Private Home Care Providers"],"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":"c89ed8e9adc5a4c6b172d57003d8a95d2df2681b302eb92972cc4fe40b226e62","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-7-306","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-7-308"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}