Georgia Private Home Care Provider Complete Startup Package

This package is designed for a Georgia Private Home Care Provider, commonly referred to as a PHCP.

The package is primarily intended for a non-medical provider applying to offer Personal Care Services and, when selected in the application, Companion or Sitter Services.

It is not a Georgia Home Health Agency license and does not include Medicare certification. Nursing services require the appropriate service category, Georgia-licensed nursing personnel, and additional clinical requirements.

A Private Home Care Provider is a business or organization that provides or arranges private home-care services in a client's residence through employees, certain qualified contractors, or qualifying referral arrangements.

Georgia recognizes three categories of private home-care services: nursing services, personal care tasks, and companion or sitter tasks. The services an agency may provide depend on the categories included on its license.

Georgia Private Home Care Providers are licensed and regulated by the Georgia Department of Community Health through its Healthcare Facility Regulation Division, commonly called HFRD.

Georgia currently lists a $300 application-processing fee for a new application. An additional annual license fee applies for each Private Home Care Provider service category requested:

• Companion Sitting: $250 annually.
• Personal Care Services: $250 annually.
• Nursing Services: $250 annually.

An applicant requesting one service category would generally pay $550 in initial state application and license fees. An applicant requesting both Personal Care Services and Companion Sitting would generally pay $800.

No. Georgia application fees, annual license fees, fingerprinting expenses, background-check charges, local business-license fees, and other government or third-party charges are separate from the Home Health Forms Startup Package price.

State fees must be paid through the payment method specified by the Georgia Department of Community Health.

Exact requirements depend on the applicant's ownership structure, requested service categories, personnel, location, and application details. The current application checklist generally requires:

• A completed electronic Private Home Care Provider application.
• A notarized Personal Identification Affidavit and a copy of the identification presented to the notary.
• A local city or county business license, or written correspondence from the local government explaining why one cannot be issued.
• Business-formation documentation or other acceptable business and tax identification information.
• Satisfactory GCHEXS fingerprint background-check determinations for applicable owners, administrators, managers, and other covered individuals.
• A description of the services offered and the types of clients the agency intends to serve.
• The administrator's name, qualifications, job description, professional license when applicable, and required orientation documentation.
• A current employee list and personnel documentation for the administrator and at least one additional employee.
• Employee job descriptions, qualification requirements, health and screening information, emergency-contact information, and available employment-history documentation.
• A description of whether only certified nurse aides will perform personal care tasks.
• Information concerning any contracted services, supervision, and contractor qualifications.
• Required application and license fees.
• Policies and procedures must also be developed and readily available for review.

Home Health Forms will provide guidance and support to accomplish these requirements.

The provider must have a licensed business location, and the current application checklist requires a business license from the applicable city or county.

Georgia's Private Home Care Provider rules do not expressly state that the location must be separate commercial office space. A home-based office may be possible when local zoning, business-licensing, homeowners-association, lease, privacy, record-storage, inspection, and accessibility requirements are satisfied.

The services provided must be authorized by the service categories listed on the agency's license.

Personal care tasks may include:

• Bathing assistance.
• Toileting assistance.
• Grooming and shaving.
• Dental and oral care.
• Dressing assistance.
• Eating and meal assistance.
• Proper nutrition assistance.
• Home management.
• Housekeeping tasks.
• Ambulation, positioning, and transfer assistance.
• Taking vital signs when performed in conjunction with authorized personal care tasks.

Companion or sitter tasks may include:

• Transportation and escort services.
• Meal preparation and serving.
• Household tasks essential to the client's cleanliness and safety.
• Companionship and supervision consistent with the service plan.

The Georgia Private Home Care Provider Complete Startup Package may include:

• A professionally designed company logo.
• A customized WordPress business website.
• One year of website hosting.
• One year of domain registration.
• 500 customized business cards.
• 500 customized tri-fold brochures.
• Georgia-specific policies and procedures cross-walked to applicable Georgia PHCP requirements.
• Human-resources and personnel documents.
• New-client admission documents.
• Operational and administrative forms.
• Preparation assistance for the Georgia Private Home Care Provider application.
• Access to the Home Health Forms members' area.
• Customization of documents to the purchaser's agency.
• Ongoing guidance and applicable document updates.

No. Home Health Forms provides startup guidance, customized documents, and application-preparation assistance. The Georgia Department of Community Health makes all licensing decisions.

The applicant remains responsible for providing complete and truthful information, satisfying ownership and personnel requirements, obtaining required background checks and local approvals, paying government fees, responding to state requests, and maintaining compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Licensing approval and processing times cannot be guaranteed.

Customized policy manuals, forms, and related digital documents are generally emailed within five business days after Home Health Forms receives all company information needed to complete the customization.

logo creation, website development, domain registration, printing, shipping, and other package components may have separate production timelines.

Cancellation and refund eligibility depends on the work already completed, customized materials produced, digital products delivered, third-party expenses paid, printing ordered, and other services already performed.