Rule 195-4-.01. General Definitions
- (1) "Family Medicine Residency Program" is a three year training program after graduation from medical school designed to provide the ambulatory and hospital experience required to train a family physician as delineated by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, Essentials for Residency Programs in Family Medicine.
- (2) "Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education" is the body established to accredit residency programs.
- (3) "Essentials of Accredited Residencies in Graduate Medical Education" a document published by the American Medical Association in its annual Graduate Medical Education Directory which 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 Residency Review Committee of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education requirements for a critical mass and mix of hospital patients, medical staff facilities, and financial support adequate to sustain a quality program of family practice resident training.
- (5) "Underserved Areas" are those geographic areas of the state in which the Board determines that there is a shortage of family physicians.
- (6) "Developing Program" means a proposed Family Medicine Residency Training Program at a qualified hospital which meets the accreditation requirements of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
- (7) "Resident" means an individual at any level of training in an ACGME-accredited Graduate Medical Education Program, including subspecialty programs.
- (8) "Capitation" means Board funding of designated Family Practice 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.
- (9) "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. Sec. 49-10.
History. Original Rule entitled "General Definitions" adopted. F. Feb. 12, 1998; eff. Mar. 4, 1998.
Repealed: New Rule same title adopted. F. Nov. 13, 2000; eff. Dec. 3, 2000.
Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F. Jan. 10, 2005; eff. Jan. 30, 2005.
Repealed: New Rule of the same title adopted. F. Dec. 26, 2019; eff. Jan. 15, 2020.