Rule 360-10-.07. Limitations Upon Institutional Licenses

1. (1) Definitions:

   1. (a) "Applicant" means a physician who is invited to treat patients at a hospital licensed by the Department of Community Health, serve as a clinical faculty member of a board-approved medical school or teaching hospital within this State, or work at a clinic within this State that services Medicaid, indigent, or underserved populations.
   2. (b) "Institution" means a hospital licensed by the Department of Community Health, a board-approved medical school, a teaching hospital within this State, or a clinic within this State that services Medicaid, indigent, or underserved populations.
   3. (c) "Supervisor" means a physician who has an unrestricted license to practice medicine in this State and whose scope of practice is similar to that of the applicant physician.
   4. (d) "Supervisory Oversight" means the direction of the supervisor with immediate availability.
2. (2) In the event in institutional license is granted to an applicant, it shall be restricted in scope and shall authorize the applicant to practice medicine under the supervision of a Georgia licensed physician. The physician licensee must remain an employee of the institution and be paid on a salary basis.
3. (3) A supervisor may only supervise one institutionally licensed physician at a time, but an institutionally licensed physician may have more than one approved supervisor.
4. (4) All charges for services rendered by the institutionally licensed physician must be by and through the institution named in the application on file with the Board.
5. (5) A person issued an institutional license shall not engage in the private practice of medicine.
6. (6) Any other provisions of the Medical Practice Act (O.C.G.A. 43-34) not inconsistent with the intent and purpose of the institutional license statute shall be fully applicable to all institutionally licensed physicians.

Authority: O.C.G.A. §§ 43-34-5, 43-34-33.

History. Original Rule entitled "Limitations Upon Institutional Licenses" adopted. F. Nov. 12, 2009; eff. Dec. 2, 2009.

Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F. Jun. 23, 2014; eff. July 13, 2014.

Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F. Mar. 17, 2021; eff. Apr. 6, 2021.