Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 511 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 511-3 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS
Subject 511-3-2 - MASS GATHERINGS
Rule 511-3-2-.02 - General Provisions

Universal Citation: GA Rules and Regs r 511-3-2-.02

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through September 23, 2024

(1) No person shall hold a mass gathering in a location that could constitute an imminent health or safety hazard to persons attending the mass gathering, as may be determined by the Department. No person shall hold or promote, by advertising or otherwise a mass gathering unless he has complied with the permit and application requirements of these rules.

(a) Any person receiving a permit to hold a mass gathering shall have installed all facilities and made such facilities operational, and shall have completed and made ready all services and activities, as provided by law and these rules, not less than 48 hours before the first day of the mass gathering.

(b) Any person applying for a permit to promote or hold a mass gathering shall furnish to the Department such written evidence in the form of contractual agreements, affidavits, plans, reports, specifications, or other legal or technical documents as may be required by the Department to insure that the law and these rules have been or will be complied with before a permit to promote or hold a mass gathering is issued.

(c) A person to whom a permit has been issued to promote or hold a mass gathering, shall notify the Department within forty-eight hours of the time of a postponement or cancellation of a mass gathering and the steps that will be taken to insure that such mass gathering will not be held as scheduled.

(d) A person to whom a permit has been issued shall keep the permit on file and make it available at all times for review by any governmental authority.

(2) Requirements for security; documentary evidence must be submitted for a security force employed by the promoters and/or holders of mass gatherings in the ratio of one security officer per five hundred persons in attendance at the proposed mass gathering.

(3) Failure of any person to comply with the law and these rules shall be prima facie evidence for the Department to deny, suspend, or revoke the permit after written notice of violation and opportunity for hearing.

O.C.G.A. Secs. 31-2A-6, 31-27-9.

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