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WITHDRAWN
Senators
Staton of the 18th and Thomas of the 54th offered the following
amendment:
Amend
the Senate Health and Human Services Committee substitute to HB 608 by inserting
after "Medical Examiners;" on line 5 on page 1 "to amend Code Section 43-34-47
of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to temporary postgraduate
training permits, so as to provide for a temporary training permit for certain
individuals who engaged in certain subspecialty training;".
By
inserting after line 10 on page 2 the following:
"SECTION
2.
Code
Section 43-34-47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
temporary postgraduate training permits, is amended by striking subparagraph
(b)(1)(A) and inserting in lieu thereof a new subparagraph (b)(1)(A) to read as
follows:
'(A)
Evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant has been accepted or
appointed to participate at a training institution in this state in one of the
following:
(i)
An internship or residency program accredited by either the Accreditation
Council for Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association;
or
(ii)
A clinical fellowship program at an institution with a residency program
accredited either by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or
the American Osteopathic Association that is in a clinical field the same as or
related to the clinical field of the fellowship program;
or
(iii)
Additional subspecialty training outside an accredited residency or fellowship,
provided that such training is sponsored under the auspices of an
institutiońs
graduate medical education committee by an institution that has one or more
approved residency or fellowship
programs;'"
By
redesignating Sections 2, 3, 4, and 5 as Sections 3, 4, 5, and 6,
respectively.
By
striking "Sections 2 and 3" on line 5 on page 3, on line 8 on page 3, on line 11
on page 3, and on line 15 on page 3 and inserting in lieu thereof "Sections 3
and 4".