Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 111-8-16-.01 - Definitions

Unless a different meaning is required by the context, the following terms as used in these rules and regulations shall have the meaning hereinafter respectively ascribed to them:

(a) "Approved Plan" means a Disaster Preparedness Plan which has been found by the Department to meet the requirements of these regulations;

(b) "Board" means the Georgia Board of Community Health;

(c) "CDC" means the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;

(d) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Community Health or his designee;

(e) "COVID-19" means coronavirus disease 2019;

(f) "Department" means the Georgia Department of Community Health;

(g) "Direct care staff person" means any employee, facility volunteer, or contract staff who provides to residents:

1. Any personal services, including but not limited to, medication administration or assistance, assistance with ambulation and transfer, and essential activities of daily living such as eating, bathing, grooming, dressing, and toileting; or

2. Any other limited nursing services, as defined in subsection (b) of Code Section 31-7-12.

(h) "Disaster Preparedness Plan" or "Plan" means a written document which identifies, (1) potential hazards or events, that should they occur, would cause an emergency situation at the facility; and (2) proposes, for each identified emergency situation, a course of action so as to minimize the threat to health and safety of the patients or residents;

(i) "Facility" means any institution subject to licensure under the provisions of O.C.G.A. Chapter 31-7, Article 1; which is not exempted from the requirements of these rules and regulations;

(j) "Governing Body" means the Board of Directors or trustees, partnership, corporation, association, person or persons who are legally responsible for the facility's operation.

(k) "Long-term care facility" means a personal care home with 25 or more beds, an assisted living community, or a nursing home licensed by the Department.

(l) "SARS CoV-2" means Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, the strain of coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease.

Notes

Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 111-8-16-.01

O.C.G.A. §§ 31-7-3(c), 31-7-12.

Original Rule entitled "Definitions" adopted. F. Sep. 9, 2013; eff. Sept. 29, 2013. Amended: F. Mar. 19, 2018; eff. Apr. 8, 2018. Amended: F. Oct. 19, 2020; eff. Nov. 8, 2020.