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2018 Georgia Code 43-34-1 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 43-34-1 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 43-34-1

TITLE 43 PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES

Section 34. Physicians, Acupuncture, Physician Assistants, Cancer and Glaucoma Treatment, Respiratory Care, Clinical Perfusionists, and Orthotics and Prosthetics Practice, 43-34-1 through 43-34-290.

ARTICLE 1 GEORGIA COMPOSITE MEDICAL BOARD

43-34-1. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the term:

  1. "Board" means the Georgia Composite Medical Board.
  2. "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine pursuant to Article 2 of this chapter.
  3. "To practice medicine," "the practice of medicine," or "practicing medicine" shall have the same meaning as in paragraph (3) of Code Section 43-34-21.

(Code 1981, §43-34-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 1/HB 509.)

Editor's notes.

- This Code section formerly pertained to persons authorized to perform surgery or other invasive procedures. The former Code section was based on Ga. L. 1950, p. 168, §§ 10, 14, 15; Ga. L. 1956, p. 36, §§ 2, 3, 4; Ga. L. 1981, Ex. Sess., p. 8; and Ga. L. 1992, p. 2062, § 2, and was repealed by Ga. L. 1993, p. 349, § 1, effective April 5, 1993.

Cases Citing Georgia Code 43-34-1 From Courtlistener.com

Total Results: 3

McEver v. Planners & Engineers Collaborative, Inc.

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2008-06-30

Citation: 663 S.E.2d 240, 284 Ga. 204, 2008 Fulton County D. Rep. 2124, 2008 Ga. LEXIS 553

Snippet: order to protect the public welfare. See OCGA § 43-34-1 et seq. (regulating physicians) and OCGA § 15-19-1

Miller v. Medical Association of Georgia

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1992-12-03

Citation: 423 S.E.2d 664, 262 Ga. 605, 92 Fulton County D. Rep. 3066, 1992 Ga. LEXIS 1001

Snippet: erred by holding, among other things, that OCGA § 43-34-1[1] violates due process and equal protection. All

Foster v. Georgia Board of Chiropractic Examiners

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1987-09-08

Citation: 359 S.E.2d 877, 257 Ga. 409, 1987 Ga. LEXIS 1037

Snippet: osteopathy under North Carolina law, see OCGA § 43-34-1 (a); and, under Georgia law, an osteopath is engaged