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Rules and Regulations for Home Health Agencies (Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-31)

GeorgiaregulationGeorgia Department of Community Health — Healthcare Facility Regulation Division

What this rule requires your agency to do

  • 1A registered nurse (or appropriate professional) must make a home health aide supervisory visit to the patient's residence at least every two weeks, documented by a dated clinical note in the patient's record (111-8-31-.08(d)3).(Rules and Regulations for Home Health Agencies (Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-31))
  • 2The plan of treatment must be reviewed by the attending physician and agency at least once every 60 days, documented by the physician's signature (111-8-31-.09(b)).(Rules and Regulations for Home Health Agencies (Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-31))
  • 3Clinical records must be retained for six years after the last patient encounter for adults (and six years after a minor reaches majority) (111-8-31-.09(e)).(Rules and Regulations for Home Health Agencies (Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-31))
  • 4Verbal/oral physician orders must be recorded and signed immediately, forwarded to the physician within 5 business days for countersignature, and the countersignature must appear in the record within 30 days of the verbal order (111-8-31-.09(c)).(Rules and Regulations for Home Health Agencies (Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-31))
  • 5Home health aides must be carefully trained in the specified areas and closely supervised, and a written summary of clinical/progress notes must be sent to the attending physician at least every 60 days and upon discharge (111-8-31-.08(d) and (e)).(Rules and Regulations for Home Health Agencies (Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-31))
  • 6An application for a home health agency license must be filed at least 30 days prior to the anticipated date of opening; licenses are renewed annually and must be prominently displayed (111-8-31-.02).(Rules and Regulations for Home Health Agencies (Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-31))
  • 7A group of professional personnel (including at least one physician and one registered nurse, with at least one member who is neither owner nor employee) must establish and annually review agency policies and meet at least once per quarter, documented by dated minutes (111-8-31-.07(3)).(Rules and Regulations for Home Health Agencies (Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-31))

Applies to: home health only

Georgia's administrative rule licensing home health agencies, setting application, governance, personnel, scope-of-service, patient-care, plan-of-treatment, home health aide supervision, and clinical-record-retention standards.

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