Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 360-32-.01 - Definitions
As used in this Chapter the term
(1) "Advanced practice registered nurse,"
(hereinafter referred to as "APRN"), means a registered professional nurse
licensed under Title 43, Chapter 25 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,
who is recognized by the Georgia Board of Nursing as having met the
requirements established by the Georgia Board of Nursing to engage in advanced
nursing practice and who holds a master's degree or other graduate degree
approved by the Georgia Board of Nursing and national board certification in
his or her area of specialty, or a person who is recognized as an advanced
practice registered nurse by the Georgia Board of Nursing on or before June 30,
2006.
(2) "Other Designated
Physician" means a physician who:
(a)
practices medicine in this state; and
(b) whose scope of practice is the same as
that of the "Delegating Physician;" and
(c) who has concurred in writing with the
terms of the nurse protocol agreement, and has agreed in writing to provide
consultation in the absence of the Delegating Physician.
(3) "Board" means the Georgia Composite
Medical Board.
(4) "Controlled
substance" means any controlled substance as defined in Code Section
16-13-21, but shall not include any Schedule I controlled substance included in Code
Section
16-13-25 or
any Schedule II controlled substance included in Code Section
16-13-26.
(5) "Dangerous drug" means any dangerous drug
as defined in Code Section
16-13-71.
(6) "Drug" means any dangerous drug or
controlled substance.
(7) "Medical
imaging" means CT Scans, MRI Scans, PET Scans, or Nuclear Medicine
Scans.
(8) "Immediate consultation"
means that the delegating physician shall be available for direct communication
or by telephone or other telecommunications.
(9) "Nurse Protocol Agreement" means a
written document, mutually agreed upon and signed by an APRN and a physician,
by which the physician delegates to that APRN the authority to perform certain
medical acts pursuant to Code Section
43-34-25, which may include without being limited to, the ordering of drugs, medical
devices, medical treatments, diagnostic studies, x-rays, ultrasounds or medical
imaging.
(10) "Order" means to
prescribe pursuant to a protocol agreement, as authorized by Code Section
43-34-25, which drug, medical device, medical treatment, diagnostic study, x-rays,
ultrasounds, or medical imaging is appropriate for a patient and to communicate
the same in writing, orally, via facsimile or electronically.
(11) "Physician" means a person licensed to
practice medicine pursuant to Article 2, Chapter 34 of Title 43; and
(a) Whose principal place of practice is
within this state; or
(b) Whose
principal place of practice is outside this state but is within 50 miles from
the location where the nurse protocol agreement is being utilized.
(12) "Delegating Physician" means
a physician who
(a) practices medicine in
this State; and
(b) authorizes an
APRN to perform certain delegated medical acts pursuant to a nurse protocol
agreement.
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