Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 360-8-.01 - Definitions
(1) 'Annual patient
population' means persons seen by a clinic or practice in a 12 month calendar
year but shall not include persons that are patients of a nursing home, home
health agency or hospice licensed pursuant to Chapter 7 of Title 31.
(2) 'Board' means the Georgia Composite
Medical Board created by Code Section 98 43-34-2.
(3) 'Chronic pain' means physical pain
treated for a period of 90 days or more in a year but shall not include
perioperative pain, which shall mean pain immediately preceding and immediately
following a surgical procedure, when such perioperative pain is being treated
in connection with a surgical procedure by a licensed health care professional
acting within the scope of his or her license.
(4) 'License' means a valid and current
certificate of registration issued by the board pursuant to this article which
shall give the person to whom it is issued to engage in the practice prescribed
thereon.
(5) 'Licensee' means any
person holding a license under this article.
(6) 'Medical treatment' and 'medical
services' means the treatment of chronic pain.
(7) 'Medical treatment or services' means for
purposes of Chapter 360-8, medical treatment and services include, but are not
limited to, the evaluation, diagnosis, and/or treatment of any medical
complaint or condition, including prescribing and/or ordering medication,
administering therapy, and/or any surgical procedure.
(8) 'Nonterminal condition' means a medical
condition which is reversible, where there is a reasonable hope of recovery,
and where the patient's medical prognosis is a life expectancy of two years or
more.
(9) 'Pain management clinic'
means a medical practice advertising 'treatment of pain' or utilizing 'pain' in
the name of the clinic or a medical practice or clinic with greater than 50
percent of its annual patient population being treated for chronic pain for
nonterminal conditions by the use of Schedule II or III controlled substances.
This term shall not include any clinic or practice owned, in whole or in part,
or operated by a hospital licensed pursuant to Chapter 7 of Title 31 or by a
health system or any ambulatory surgical center, skilled nursing facility,
hospice, or home health agency licensed pursuant to Chapter 7 of Title
31.
(10) 'Proof of Ownership'
includes official documents such as incorporation papers filed with Secretary
of State, a business license issued to the location identified in the
application, lease agreements, bank accounts, information related to billing
practices of the business, evidence related to form of payment for the owners
of the clinic and physicians practicing at the clinic, and any other
documentation that the Board may need to determine actual ownership.
(11) 'Person' means a natural
person.
(12) 'Physician' means a
person who possesses a current, unrestricted license to practice medicine in
the State of Georgia pursuant to Article 2 of this chapter.
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