Judge Teate - Administrative Law Report

Nonprofit lacks standing to challenge EPD’s issuance of discharge permits

Environmental Law

November 29, 2023

An environmental nonprofit challenged the Environmental Protection Division’s (EPD’s) reissuance of three general permits allowing stormwater discharge associated with construction activity. The Court dismissed the case, finding that the nonprofit... Read More

Candidate’s fabrication of contributions and failure to disclose reports lead to $11,000 in civil penalties

Elections

November 27, 2023

Following a hearing, the Court concluded that a candidate for the mayorship of Athens-Clarke County violated the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Act when he failed to file two... Read More

Court weighs several factors before issuing $26,000 in civil penalties to county commission candidate

Elections

November 22, 2023

The State Ethics Commission alleged that an unsuccessful candidate for a Cobb County commissioner seat neglected to submit four campaign contribution disclosure reports, as mandated by Georgia campaign finance laws.... Read More

Court affirms license revocation for physician who improperly operated pain management clinic

Professional Licensing

November 13, 2023

The Court sided with the Georgia Composite Medical Board’s decision to revoke a physician’s medical license after he advertised and operated his facility as a “pain management clinic” without a... Read More

Despite claims of self-defense, paramedic’s license is revoked following fatal shooting

Professional Licensing

September 18, 2023

This case involved the Department of Public Health’s effort to revoke a paramedic’s license after she shot and killed her roommate’s estranged husband. At the time of the administrative hearing,... Read More

Parent’s failure to provide documentation of disability leads to dismissal of IDEA manifestation complaint

Special Education

September 28, 2023

This complaint brought under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) sought to appeal a school district’s decision that a 17-year-old special-education student’s behavior of battering, sexually assaulting, and sexually... Read More

Facility disqualified from federal food program based on its earlier termination from another program

Early Care & Learning

September 25, 2023

After a facility was terminated and disqualified from participating in the federally funded Summer Food Stamp Program (SFSP), the Department of Early Care and Learning sought to terminate and disqualify... Read More

Validity of debt thrown into question in Medicaid transfer-of-assets case

Medicaid Eligibility

August 25, 2023

The central question of this case was whether a $60,000 transfer that a Nursing Home Medicaid recipient allegedly made to her daughter as payment toward a debt was exempt from... Read More

Sale of non-homeplace real property is not excluded from calculation of transfer-of-assets penalty

Medicaid Eligibility

August 4, 2023

In this case, the Court affirmed the transfer-of-assets penalty assessed against a Medicaid recipient following the sale of his non-homeplace real property at a rate below market value. The Court... Read More

DFCS must give sufficient prior notice before food stamp benefits expire

Public Assistance

July 25, 2023

The Court reversed the Department of Family and Children Services’ (DFCS) decision to close a food stamp recipient’s case because there was no evidence that the agency provided sufficient prior... Read More

Agency can recoup food stamps from the entire household based on a single member’s trafficking violation

Public Assistance

July 12, 2023

In this matter, an individual appealed the reduction of food stamp benefits for his household. The benefits had been reduced because the agency was recouping overpayments from the time the... Read More