O.C.G.A.
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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.
History
Code 1981, § 43-34-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 1/HB 509.
Annotations
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 L. 1992, p. 2062, § 2, and was repealed by Ga.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. For application of this statute in 2021, see Executive Order 01.22.21.07.
Notes of Decisions
McEver v. Planners & Engineers Collaborative, Inc., 663 S.E.2d 240 (Ga. 2008).
· cites it 2× “Only engineers certified by the Georgia Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors may engage in the practice of "professional engineering" (OCGA § 43-15-18), and they must adhere to rules of professional conduct promulgated by the Board, including practicing in "a…”
Miller v. Med. Ass'n of Georgia, 423 S.E.2d 664 (Ga. 1992).
· cites it 17× “We granted an expedited appeal in these cases to determine whether the trial court erred by holding, among other things, that OCGA § 43-34-1 1 violates due process and equal protection.”
Foster v. Georgia Bd. of Chiropractic Examiners, 359 S.E.2d 877 (Ga. 1987).
· cites it 4× “However, under Georgia’s statutory law, the practice of naturopathy is the functional equivalent of the practice of osteopathy under North Carolina law, see OCGA § 43-34-1 (a); and, under Georgia law, an osteopath is engaged in the practice of medicine with a D.”
Nowak v. High, 433 S.E.2d 602 (Ga. Ct. App. 1993).
· cites it 2× “605 ( 423 SE2d 664 ) (1992) (holding that revisions to OCGA § 43-34-1 are unconstitutional in *538 part because of the implication from the statute that nurses cannot give shots).”
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