Chapter 360-10 INSTITUTIONAL LICENSES
(1) |
Definitions:
(a) |
"Applicant" means a physician
who is invited to treat patients at a hospital licensed by the
Department of Community Health or to serve as a clinical faculty
member of a board approved medical school or teaching hospital within
this State. |
(b) |
"Institution" means a hospital licensed by the Department of
Community Health, a board approved medical school, or a teaching
hospital within this State. |
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(2) |
The Georgia Composite Medical
Board may issue institutional licenses in its discretion under
exceptional circumstances to graduates of international medical
schools who an institution wishes to employ but who do not have an
independent license to practice medicine in the State of Georgia. The
license is jointly awarded to the applicant and the institution and
the practice is limited as provided in Rule
360-10-.07. |
(3) |
If the institution is a
hospital licensed by the Department of Community Health but is not a
teaching hospital, to qualify for Exceptional Circumstances
consideration the institution must be in a medically underserved area
with deficient physician staff to service the health care needs of
the population. The applicant must be a graduate of an international
medical school, and the applicant must be unable to qualify for
licensure under the provisions of O.C.G.A. Section
43-34-26.
The institution must also demonstrate failed attempts over not less
than a six-month period to recruit licensed physicians to satisfy the
deficiency. The institution and the applicant must submit evidence
acceptable to the Board to demonstrate exceptional circumstances.
Such evidence should include, but not be limited to:
(a) |
Applicant is from a war-torn
country; and |
(b) |
Applicant has applied for political asylum in the United
States. |
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(4) |
If
the institution is a board-approved medical school or teaching
hospital within this state, to qualify for Exceptional Circumstances
consideration, the institution and the applicant must submit evidence
acceptable to the Board to demonstrate exceptional circumstances.
Such evidence shall include but not be limited to:
(a) |
Applicant has exceptional or
unusual expertise not otherwise available to the
institution; |
(b) |
The
institution can demonstrate failed attempts to recruit licensed
physicians to satisfy the deficiency; |
(c) |
Applicant is a graduate of an
international medical school; and |
(d) |
Applicant cannot qualify for
licensure under the provisions of O.C.G.A. Section
43-34-26. |
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(1) |
The application form shall be
completed according to the instructions provided in the
application. |
(2) |
Applications must be complete, including all required documentation,
signatures and seals. Application files are not considered completed
until all required information, documentation and fees have been
received by the Board. |
(3) |
No application will be
considered by the Board until the application is complete. |
(4) |
Applicants shall inform the
Board in writing within 10 days of a change of address while an
application is pending. |
(5) |
Application fees are
nonrefundable. |
(6) |
Deposit of an application fee by the Board does not indicate
acceptance of the application or that any other licensing
requirements have been fulfilled. |
(7) |
Incomplete applications that
have been on file with the Board for more than one year shall be
deemed invalid. No further action will take place on applications
that have been incomplete for more than a year until a new
application is received in accordance with the provisions of this
chapter with the appropriate application fee. |
(1) |
The standards for receiving
such a license may be different from those for receiving an
unrestricted license to practice medicine in this state. In granting
these institutional licenses the Board shall consider the following
qualifications:
(a) |
Education: Any
international medical school graduate applying for an institutional
license shall possess basic qualifications and background as any
other physician applying for a license in the state. This shall
include good moral character, and any other basic background
qualifications required by O.C.G.A.
43-34.
1. |
All other foreign medical
schools must have a program of education in the science and art of
medicine leading to a medical doctor degree or the medical doctor
equivalent that requires a minimum of two (2) years of pre-medical
training which includes at least 130 weeks of instruction. Applicants
must have official transcripts that include at least 130 weeks of
instruction. |
2. |
Applicants must have official transcripts of all medical and
premedical education mailed directly to the Board from the school
where such education was taken. If the transcripts are in a foreign
language, applicants must furnish a certified English translation.
Transcripts must include the dates the applicant attended the school
and the grades received in all courses taken to fulfill the
requirements of the degree granted. In the Board's discretion, the
transcript requirement may be waived and the results of the
Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service may be
accepted if the applicant adequately demonstrates that all diligent
efforts have been made to secure transcripts from the
school. |
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(2) |
English language proficiency:
Any applicant the institution considers for employment must
demonstrate satisfactory competence in the English language by such
reasonable means as the Board may prescribe. |
(3) |
Experience: In determining
competence the Board may consider the following criteria as may be
necessary to determine if the applicant is in fact a competent
physician: Professional attainments indicative of competence, such as
specialty board certification; Licensure in foreign jurisdiction or
in another State; and Reference letters from duly licensed physicians
who have direct and first hand knowledge of the applicant's ability;
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(4) |
Training: Proof of AMA or AOA
approved post graduate residency training or such other training as
approved by the Board. |
(5) |
Examination: Successful
completion of physician licensure examination or such examination as
the Board may deem necessary. In the event that the Board determines
the examination of an applicant to be necessary to determine
competence, such examination may be of any type as listed, or any
combination thereof:
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(6) |
The institution should submit information concerning the supervisory
oversight of the institutional physician applicant such as the name
of the supervisor, the type of supervision being provided, and the
place of supervision. |
(7) |
Board may require the physician applicant and a representative of the
institution to appear for a personal interview before the Board or
the committee. |
(8) |
Nothing in this rule shall be construed to prevent the Board from
denying or conditionally granting an application for
licensure. |
(1) |
Each licensee shall notify the
Board within thirty (30) days, in writing, of all changes of address.
Any mailing or notice from the Board shall be considered to be served
on the licensee when sent to the licensee's last address on file with
the Board. |
(2) |
All active
licenses must be renewed every two years. This may be done via the
internet or through mail. A medical licensee may not practice
medicine after the expiration date of the license. Institutional
licenses expire biennially on June 30th and the licensee must
establish satisfaction of Board-approved continuing education
requirements to be eligible for renewal. |
(3) |
To be eligible for renewal, the
license holder must furnish certification that he or she continues to
be an employee of the Institution where he or she is employed as
indicated on the renewal form, complete Board approved continuing
education of not less than 40 hours of Category I AMA approved
credits annually and submit the appropriate fee. |
(4) |
Licensees have the right to
obtain a late renewal of their licenses during the three (3) month
period immediately following the expiration date. During this period,
the penalty fee for late renewal applies. |
(5) |
The Board shall
administratively revoke any license not renewed prior to the
expiration of the late renewal period. Such revocation removes all
rights and privileges to practice medicine and surgery in this State.
A licensee who is so revoked must re-apply for licensure to be
considered for reinstatement. Revocation for failure to renew may be
reported to the public and to other state licensing boards, and will
be reported as a revocation for failure to renew. Revocation for
failure to renew is not considered a disciplinary revocation.
However, the license may only be reinstated through
application. |
(6) |
The fee
for renewals and late renewals shall be designated in the fee
schedule. Deposit of the renewal fee by the Board does not indicate
acceptance of the renewal application or that any permit requirements
have been fulfilled. |
(1) |
An
institutional license shall be considered void and shall terminate
whenever the holder ceases to be employed by the
institution. |
(2) |
The
Board has to refuse to renew or to suspend or revoke an institutional
license based on any of the grounds enumerated in O.C.G.A. Section
43-34-8. |
(3) |
Should any institutionally
licensed physician wish to surrender the license, he/she shall notify
the Georgia Composite Medical Board of this intention in writing by
certified mail or by hand delivery and shall immediately return
his/her license to the Board. Should a disciplinary proceeding by the
Board be pending at the time of such surrender, such surrender shall
have the same effect as a revocation of a license and be reportable
as a disciplinary action. |
The Institution must report to the Board the
following within 15 days of the event:
(a) |
the institutional license
holder's withdrawal or termination and the reasons for such
termination or withdrawal; |
(b) |
the occurrence of any of the
events identified as grounds for disciplinary action or as violations
enumerated in O.C.G.A. § 43-34-8
or a practice restriction taken against license holder. |
(1) |
Definitions:
(a) |
"Applicant" means
a physician who is invited to treat patients at a hospital licensed
by the Department of Community Health or to serve as a clinical
faculty member of a board approved medical school or teaching
hospital within this State. |
(b) |
"Institution" means a hospital
licensed by the Department of Community Health, a board approved
medical school, or a teaching hospital within this State. |
(c) |
"Supervisor" means a physician
who has an unrestricted license to practice medicine in this state
and whose medical specialty is the same as that of the applicant
physician. |
(d) |
"Supervisory Oversight" means the onsite direction of the supervisor
with immediate physical availability. |
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(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 and practice within the
scope of the supervisor's practice, except for documented emergency
situations in which no other fully licensed physician is available.
The physician licensee must remain an employee of the institution and
be paid on a salary basis. |
(3) |
Applicant is not eligible for a
DEA permit and must use the institutional DEA. |
(4) |
A supervisor may only supervise
one institutionally licensed physician at a time, but an
institutionally licensed physician may have more than one approved
supervisor. |
(5) |
An
institutionally licensed physician may not practice in a remote site
where the supervising physician is not on site. |
(6) |
All institutions holding an
institutional license shall post in a prominent place that
institutionally licensed physicians practice in this facility. These
physicians must wear a name tag as follows:
Name of physician
Degree
Institutional Licensee
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(7) |
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. |
(8) |
A person
issued an institutional license shall not engage in the private
practice of medicine. |
(9) |
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. |