Article 1 - REGULATION OF HOSPITALS AND RELATED INSTITUTIONS
- Section 31-7-1 - Definitions
- Section 31-7-2 - Classification of institutions
- Section 31-7-2.1 - Rules and regulations; availability of reports of cited deficiencies; disclosure of survey worksheets and documents
- Section 31-7-2.2 - Determination that patients or residents in an institution, community living arrangement, or treatment program are in danger; relocation of patients or residents; suspension of admissions
- Section 31-7-3 - Requirements for permits to operate institutions
- Section 31-7-3.1 - Posting sign by hospital operating emergency room notifying individuals of legal rights in emergencies
- Section 31-7-3.2 - Notice of cited deficiency and imposition of sanction
- Section 31-7-3.3 - "Excluded party" defined; liability; notice; dismissal; other procedural factors
- Section 31-7-3.4 - Carrying of liability insurance or establishment of self-insurance trust as condition precedent to obtaining or maintaining permit
- Section 31-7-3.5 - Treatment of minors for gender dysphoria; penalty for violations
- Section 31-7-4 - Denial or revocation of permits
- Section 31-7-5 - Exemptions from permit requirements; application of this chapter to federally operated institutions
- Section 31-7-6 - Provision of data for research purposes by organizations rendering patient care; liability of providers of data; use of data; confidentiality
- Section 31-7-7 - Refusal or revocation by public hospital of staff privileges
- Section 31-7-7.1 - Denial of staff privileges based upon license, board certification, or membership in professional association
- Section 31-7-8 - Reports of disciplinary actions against persons authorized to practice professions under Chapter 11, 34, or 35 of Title 43
- Section 31-7-9 - Reports by physicians and other personnel of nonaccidental injuries to patients; immunity from liability
- Section 31-7-10 - Certification and approval of hospitals eligible to render service under a group nonprofit hospital insurance plan; supervision of such hospitals; withdrawal of approval
- Section 31-7-11 - Written summary of hospital service charge rates
- Section 31-7-12 - Personal care homes; licensure and registration; inspection by local boards; fees; investigations; waiver, variance, or exemption; staffing, training, and financial stability requirements; certified medication aides
- Section 31-7-12.1 - Unlicensed personal care home; civil penalties; negligence per se for certain legal claims; declared nuisance dangerous to public health, safety, and welfare; criminal sanctions
- Section 31-7-12.2 - Regulation and licensing of assisted living communities; legislative intent; definitions; procedures; requirements for medication aides
- Section 31-7-12.3 - Adoption of rules and regulations to implement Code Sections 31-7-12 and 31-7-12.2
- Section 31-7-12.4 - Operation of memory care center; certificate required; staffing and training requirements; other requirements; regulation
- Section 31-7-12.5 - Notification and other requirements for COVID-19 infections in personal care homes
- Section 31-7-12.6 - SARS CoV-2 testing for residents and staff in long-term care facilities
- Section 31-7-12.7 - Employment of certified medication aides in nursing homes; competency review; authorized task; review by pharmacists; ongoing medication training; administration of narcotics prohibited
- Section 31-7-12.8 - Certification as nurse aide; employer sponsored training and competency examination programs; provisional practice by military medical personnel
- Section 31-7-13 - Transfer of property upon death of patient
- Section 31-7-14 - Blood supplies; blood donor storage programs
- Section 31-7-15 - Review of professional practices by a peer review committee
- Section 31-7-16 - Determination or pronouncement of death of patient who died in facility classified as nursing home
- Section 31-7-17 - Licensure and regulation of hospitals and related institutions transferred to Department of Community Health
- Section 31-7-18 - Vaccinations for influenza and pneumococcal disease for certain discharged patients; vaccinations or other measures for health care workers and other employees in hospitals; immunity from liability; standing orders
- Section 31-7-19 - Nursing homes to annually offer influenza vaccinations to health care workers and other employees; immunity from liability
- Section 31-7-20 - Medical facilities to make good faith application to southern regional TRICARE managed care support coordinator for certification in the TRICARE program
- Section 31-7-21 - Provision of influenza education information to assisted living community residents
- Section 31-7-22 - Required publication by hospital of certain documentation on website; updating; penalty for noncompliance; enforcement; individual criminal penalty
- Section 31-7-23 - Surgical smoke
- Section 31-7-23.1 - Drop off of homeless patients by hospitals