Rule 360-40-.05. Investigations

1. 1. Licensure and disciplinary records of physicians are deemed investigative records.
2. 2. In addition to the authority granted to a member board by its respective Medical Practice Act or other applicable state law, a member board may participate with other member boards in joint investigations of physicians licensed by the member boards.
3. 3. A subpoena issued by a member state shall be enforceable in other member states.
4. 4. Member boards may share any investigative, litigation, or compliance materials in furtherance of any joint or individual investigation initiated under the Compact.
5. 5. Any member state may investigate actual or alleged violations of the statutes authorizing the practice of medicine in any other member state in which a physician holds a license to practice medicine.
6. 6. An expedited license obtained though the Compact shall be terminated if a physician fails to maintain a license in the state of principal licensure for a non-disciplinary reason, without redesignation of a new state of principal licensure.

Authority: O.C.G.A. §§ 43-34-28, 43-34-300, 43-34-301, 43-34-302, 43-34-303.

History. Original Rule entitled "Investigations" adopted. F. Jan. 4, 2021; eff. Jan. 24, 2021.