The Georgia Board of Nursing Home Administrators is a 13-member board appointed by the Governor consisting of a licensed medical doctor, a licensed registered nurse, an educator with a graduate degree specializing in gerontology, three public members at large, a hospital administrator, and six members, at least one of whom shall represent nonproprietary nursing homes, who are licensed nursing home administrators in this state.

The Board meets quarterly to license nursing home administrators and to ensure quality administration and sound management of nursing homes. The Board also administers an administrator-in-training program.

On June 11, 2009, the spread of the H1N1 flu virus caused the World Health Organization to raise the pandemic alert level to Phase 6, the highest level. Georgia officials are currently preparing for the H1N1 influenza campaign and the seasonal influenza campaign that will be conducted during fall and winter. The Department of Community Health is asking all health professionals to serve as emergency response volunteers by signing up to assist with the 2009-2010 novel H1N1 vaccine immunization plan. For more information and to sign up for the online volunteer pool at www.servga.org.