Rule 195-23-.01. General Definitions
- (1) "Emergency Medicine Residency Program" is a three-year training program after graduation from medical school designed to provide the experience required to train a Emergency Medicine physician as delineated by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, Essentials for Residency Programs in Emergency Medicine.
- (2) "Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)" is the body established to accredit residency programs.
- (3) "Institutional, Program and Fellowship Requirements" of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) details the institutional and program requirements for each of the medical specialties and subspecialties.
- (4) "Qualified Hospital" means a hospital, or associated hospitals, which meet(s) the ACGME Residency Review Committee (RRC) requirements for a critical mass and mix of hospital patients, medical staff, facilities, and financial support adequate to sustain a quality program of Emergency Medicine resident training.
- (5) "Underserved Areas" are those geographic areas of the state in which the Board determines there is a shortage of Emergency Medicine physicians.
- (6) "Resident" means an individual at any level in an ACGME accredited Graduate Medical Education Program, including subspecialty programs.
- (7) "Capitation" means Board funding of designated Emergency Medicine Residency Training Programs based upon a fixed dollar amount per resident times the number of residents in training, with the fixed dollar amount being set by the total state appropriation available for this purpose.
- (8) "Board Programs" means those medical education activities supported by the Board and/or funded by the General Assembly to address Georgia's physician workforce needs.
Authority: O.C.G.A. § 49-10.
History. Original Rule entitled "General Definitions" adopted. F. Nov. 15, 2018; eff. Dec. 5, 2018.
Amended: F. Mar. 26, 2025; eff. Apr. 15, 2025.