LC 33 1055
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Chapter 1B of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to patient self-referral, so as to repeal Code Section 43-1B-7, relating to the
exception for physicians treating
workerś
compensation claimants; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting
laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Chapter
1B of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to patient
self-referral, is amended by striking Code Section 43-1B-7, relating to the
exception for physicians treating
workerś
compensation claimants, and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
"43-1B-7.
Except
for purposes of disclosure, as described in Code Section 43-1B-5, the provisions
of this chapter shall not apply to referrals from a physician listed on a valid
panel of physicians treating the claimant pursuant to Chapter 9 of Title 34,
relating to
workerś
compensation, or the rules of the State Board of
Workerś
Compensation.
Reserved."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.