Legal Opinion
Department of Human Resources v. Northeast Georgia Primary Care, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided August 12, 1997No. A97A1045PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Beasley, Judge.
Before issuing a license to a “government or governmental agency” for a new ambulance service, OCGA § 31-11-32 (d) requires the license officer for the Department of Human Resources (DHR) to establish that, due to inadequate private service, the public’s convenience and necessity require the proposed ambulance service. The question in this case is whether a private non-profit corporation which discharges the functions of a hospital authority is a government or governmental agency within the meaning of the above statute.
Northeast Georgia Primary Care, Inc. (Primary Care), a…
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