Piedmont Augusta Visitor Information

Care Partner Policy

Inpatient visitation is from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

NOTE: Please DO NOT VISIT if you have any of the following symptoms: 

• Fever
• Cough
• Runny nose
• Shortness of breath

All Visitors:

• MUST BE 13 or older.
• MUST WASH your hand thoroughly or use hand sanitizer immediately before and after seeing patients.
• DO NOT touch your face or the faces of patients.

Inpatient

FOUR visitors per day during regular visiting hours. ONE visitor is allowed to stay overnight (7:00 p.m.-9:00 a.m.) per patient, excluding ICU patients.

Women's Center

• Labor & Delivery
  ONE support person is allowed with Labor & Delivery and C/section patients in addition to FOUR visitors per day that may stay until after delivery, then they will follow regular visiting hours from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Please note the following:
  • The support person may stay with the patient at all times, but during delivery, only the support person and one visitor are allowed; all other visitors must go to the waiting room.
  • Exceptions to this policy will be made at the discretion of the Nurse Manager and the Director of the Women’s Center.
• Post-Partum and GYN
  FOUR visitors per day during regular visiting hours of 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (Note, siblings of any age may visit during normal visiting hours after delivery, and will not be included in the count of the four visitors limit per day)
   
• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit:  Two parents and four grandparents are allowed in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit from 8-9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. and 8-10 p.m. No more than two people can be at the baby’s bedside at a time. Names of grandparents allowed to visit must be supplied by the parents to the patient care staff.

NOTE: Overnight visitors MUST stay in the patient's room for the duration of the visitor's stay.

Visitation in Other Areas of the Hospital

• Outpatient/Surgeries and Procedures
  Two visitors are allowed per outpatient being seen for surgery or a procedure throughout the length of the outpatient visit.
   
• Emergency Department
  Two visitors are allowed per patient throughout the length of the ED visit. Inpatient visitation applies if outpatients or emergency department patients are admitted to the hospital.
   
• End Of Life
  Four visitors; others allowed on a case-by-case basis per the patient’s physician.
   
• Visitation with COVID-positive patients (inpatient or ED) is allowed with masking and other protective equipment as required.

PLEASE NOTE: For patients with cognitive or communicative disabilities or issues, a support person will be allowed to accompany the patient throughout their stay, whether inpatient or outpatient, according to the qualifiers outlined by the Office for Civil Rights.
 

No Patient Left Alone Act

During the 2024 legislative session, the Georgia General Assembly passed the No Patient Left Alone Act, which was signed into law by Governor Brian Kemp on May 6, 2024, and made effective on July 1, 2024. This legislation establishes visitation rights for individuals admitted to hospitals and long-term care facilities.

Read the No Patient Left Alone Act