Rule 195-7-.01. General Definitions
- (1) "Pediatric 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 pediatrician as delineated by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, Essentials for Residency Programs in Pediatrics.
- (2) "Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)" is the body established to accredit residency programs.
- (3) "Institutional, Program and Fellowship Requirements" of the 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 Residency Review Committee of the ACGME requirements for a critical mass and mix of hospital patients, medical staff, facilities, and financial support adequate to sustain a quality program of pediatric resident training.
- (5) "Underserved Areas" are those geographic areas of the state in which the Board determines there is a shortage of pediatricians.
- (6) "Developing Program" means a proposed Pediatric 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 in an ACGME-accredited Graduate Medical Education Program, including subspecialty programs.
- (8) "Capitation" means Board funding of designated Pediatric 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. §49-10.
History. Original Rule entitled "General Definitions" adopted. F. July 7, 1998; eff. July 27, 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Repealed: New Rule, same title adopted.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Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted.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Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F. Nov. 15, 2018; eff. Dec. 5, 2018.