Section 31-7-353. Penalty for hiring applicant with criminal record

   A nursing home that hires an applicant for employment with a criminal record shall be liable for a civil monetary penalty in the amount of the lesser of $2,500.00 or $500.00 for each day that a violation of subsection (a) of Code Section 31-7-351 occurs. The daily civil monetary penalty shall be imposed only from the time the nursing home administrator knew or should have known that the nursing home has in its employ an individual with a criminal record and until the date such individual is terminated.

Code 1981, § 31-7-353, enacted by Ga. L. 2001, p. 806, § 3.