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HB 1623 - Physicians; ambulatory surgical treatment centers; regulate

Pinholster, Garland (15th)	McBee, Louise (88th)	Stancil, Steve (16th)

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A BILL to amend Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physicians, so as to provide for the regulation of certain ambulatory surgical treatment centers by the Composite State Board of Medical Examiners; and for other purposes.

Code Sections - 43-34-42.2

HB 1623                                            LC 11 0039 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 
                               AN ACT 
 
 
  1- 1  To amend Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official 
  1- 2  Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physicians, so as to 
  1- 3  provide for the regulation of certain ambulatory surgical 
  1- 4  treatment centers by the Composite State Board of Medical 
  1- 5  Examiners; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other 
  1- 6  purposes. 
 
  1- 7       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 
 
  1- 8                           SECTION 1. 
 
  1- 9  Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of 
  1-10  Georgia Annotated, relating to physicians, is amended by 
  1-11  adding after Code Section 43-34-42.1 a new Code section to 
  1-12  read as follows: 
 
  1-13    "43-34-42.2. 
 
  1-14    (a) As used in this Code section, the term 'ambulatory 
  1-15    surgical treatment center' means any physician's office or 
  1-16    any office, building, or facility attached or adjacent to 
  1-17    the physician's office which is owned by the physician's 
  1-18    practice and which is devoted primarily to the provision 
  1-19    of surgical treatment to patients who do not require 
  1-20    hospitalization.  Such term shall not include any entity 
  1-21    where patients are admitted for treatment that normally 
  1-22    requires an overnight stay, any entity that provides 
  1-23    accommodations for treatment of patients for periods of 24 
  1-24    hours or longer, or any ambulatory surgical treatment 
  1-25    center required to have a permit under Code Section 
  1-26    31-7-3. 
 
  1-27    (b) The board shall be authorized to require an ambulatory 
  1-28    surgical treatment center to meet certain requirements 
  1-29    deemed by the board to be essential for the protection of 
  1-30    patients who undergo medical procedures under general 
  1-31    anesthesia in such centers.  Any such ambulatory surgical 
  1-32    treatment center that has been accredited by a national 
  1-33    accreditation entity, such as, but not limited to, the 
  1-34    American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory 
 
 
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  2- 1    Surgical Facilities, the Accreditation Association for 
  2- 2    Ambulatory Health Care, the Joint Commission for 
  2- 3    Accreditation of Health Care Facilities, or the American 
  2- 4    Society of Plastic Surgeons, shall be deemed to have met 
  2- 5    the board requirements under this Code section." 
 
  2- 6                           SECTION 2. 
 
  2- 7  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are 
  2- 8  repealed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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