---
title: "Home Healthcare Licensing"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/healthcare-and-pharmaceutical-law-en/home-healthcare-licensing-en"
field: "Healthcare & Pharmaceutical Law"
description: "Medical institution licensing: the 75 percent criteria, high risk activity, notification and suspension rules in Georgia. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-02-13"
updated: "2026-10-20"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Home Healthcare Licensing

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/healthcare-and-pharmaceutical-law-en/home-healthcare-licensing-en

## The Legal Form and Standards of a Medical Institution

A medical institution is a legal person of an organizational and legal form permitted by Georgian legislation that carries out medical activity in the established manner. The law describes this status through strict quantitative criteria: the share of income from medical activity in the financial resources of the institution must be at least 75 percent, and at least 75 percent of the average annual value of the fixed assets on its balance must be allocated to the performance of medical functions. The full amount of income received from services performed under internal standards remains at the disposal of the institution, while the salary fund must constitute at least 30 percent of income. These requirements ensure that the licensed entity has a genuinely medical orientation rather than being merely formally registered.

The functions of medical institutions are the determination of the patient's state of health; the prophylaxis and, or, treatment of diseases, the rehabilitation of patients and, or, palliative care; obstetric activity; pharmaceutical activity; the pathological anatomical examination of corpses and forensic medical examination; and the carrying out of epidemiological control measures. The institution is obliged to provide emergency medical care to the patient in the cases provided by law, to observe the standards, rules and norms regulating medical and pharmaceutical activity, and to ensure equal accessibility of the institution for persons with disabilities.

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### By what criteria is an entity a medical institution?

The share of income from medical activity and the share of fixed assets of medical purpose must each be at least 75 percent, and the salary fund at least 30 percent of income.

### When may work proceed without notification?

Where the licence or permit conditions encompass the requirements of the technical regulation and the activity is carried on at a single actual address.

### What does the notification form contain?

The name of the activity, the identification data of the person, the address and contact information. The form may be completed electronically.

### What if the court motion is not submitted in time?

The suspension decision is deemed revoked and the activity is deemed restored.