Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 360-10-.07 - Limitations Upon Institutional Licenses
(1) Definitions:
(a) "Applicant" means a physician who is
invited to treat patients at a hospital licensed by the Department of Community
Health, serve as a clinical faculty member of a board-approved medical school
or teaching hospital within this State, or work at a clinic within this State
that services Medicaid, indigent, or underserved populations.
(b) "Institution" means a hospital licensed
by the Department of Community Health, a board-approved medical school, a
teaching hospital within this State, or a clinic within this State that
services Medicaid, indigent, or underserved populations.
(c) "Supervisor" means a physician who has an
unrestricted license to practice medicine in this State and whose scope of
practice is similar to that of the applicant physician.
(d) "Supervisory Oversight" means the
direction of the supervisor with immediate availability.
(2) In the event in institutional license is
granted to an applicant, it shall be restricted in scope and shall authorize
the applicant to practice medicine under the supervision of a Georgia licensed
physician. The physician licensee must remain an employee of the institution
and be paid on a salary basis.
(3)
A supervisor may only supervise one institutionally licensed physician at a
time, but an institutionally licensed physician may have more than one approved
supervisor.
(4) All charges for
services rendered by the institutionally licensed physician must be by and
through the institution named in the application on file with the
Board.
(5) A person issued an
institutional license shall not engage in the private practice of
medicine.
(6) Any other provisions
of the Medical Practice Act (O.C.G.A. 43-34) not inconsistent with the intent
and purpose of the institutional license statute shall be fully applicable to
all institutionally licensed physicians.
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