Hospital authority is authorized under 0.C.G.A. T. 31, Ch. 7, Art. 4, to acquire or build a dormitory-type facility for the elderly. 1984 Op. Att’y Gen. No. U84-9.
Construction with Residential Care Facilities for Elderly Authorities Act. — Hospital Authorities Law, O.C.G.A. § 31-7-70 et seq., and the Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly Authorities Act, O.C.G.A. § 31-7-110 et seq., should not be viewed as mutually exclusive and may be harmonized. 1984 Op. Att’y Gen. No. U84-9.
While both the Hospital Authorities Law, O.C.G.A. § 31-7-70 et seq., and the Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly Authorities Act, O.C.G.A. § 31-7-110 et seq., allow either authority to acquire or build a facility, a Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly Authority, as opposed to a Hospital Authority, may not operate a facility. 1984 Op. Att’y Gen. No. U84-9.
Disposition of surplus funds. — County hospital authority may remit surplus funds to the authority’s participating units only in a manner acceptable to all parties and, in the alternative, may expend the authority’s surplus funds in accord with the authority’s permitted activities under the Hospital Authorities Law, 0.C.G.A. § 31-7-70 et seq. 1987 Op. Att’y Gen. No. U87-19.
Hospital as “employer” under Peace Officer and Annuity Benefit Fund. — Hospital authority does not satisfy the statutory definition of an “employer” under the act governing the Peace Officer and Annuity Benefit Fund and, therefore, the authority’s security personnel are not entitled to membership in that Fund. 1991 Op. Atty Gen. No. U91-12.
This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Hospital
Authorities Law.”