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2018 Georgia Code 43-34-104 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 43-34-104 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 43-34-104

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 4 PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS

43-34-104. Notice of application approval or disapproval; issuance of license.

  1. Within a reasonable time after receipt of the documents required by this article, the board shall give to the applicant written notice of approval or disapproval of the physician assistant's application; and, if approval of the application is given, the board shall issue to the assistant a license authorizing the assistant to perform medical tasks under the direction and supervision of the physician.
  2. The board shall not approve an application unless it finds from the information forwarded with the application that the applicant has complied with the requirements in this article.

(Ga. L. 1972, p. 676, § 5; Ga. L. 1997, p. 935, § 4; Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 1/HB 509.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Cardio TVP Surgical Assocs., P.C. v. Gillis, 272 Ga. 404, 528 S.E.2d 785 (2000).

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 43-34-104

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Cardio TVP Surgical Assocs., P.C. v. Gillis, 528 S.E.2d 785 (Ga. 2000).

Cited 9 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | May 1, 2000 | 272 Ga. 404, 2000 Fulton County D. Rep. 1618

...licenses authorizing a PA to perform medical tasks under the direction and supervision of the utilizing physician, with the strict statutory mandate to not approve an application unless the Board finds that the proposed PA is "fully qualified," OCGA § 43-34-104(b); and to terminate its approval and revoke the license of any PA who is found to be incompetent or to have committed unethical or immoral acts....
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Carole Maso v. Brian Zeh, 317 Ga. 769 (Ga. 2023).

Cited 1 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Nov 7, 2023

...g physician’s practice. OCGA §§ 43-34-102 (4); 43-34-103 (a) (2). If approved, the board issues the physician assistant a “license authorizing the assistant to perform medical tasks under the direction and supervision of the physician.” OCGA § 43-34-104 (a). 2 act for him or subsequently ratifies the acts of another in his behalf”) with OCGA §§ 43-34-102 (7) (a physician assistant is “qualified ....
...ysician assistant's job description.”); 43-34-103 (a) (2) (describing the physician who applies to the board to utilize a physician assistant as “the licensed physician who will be responsible for the performance of such physician assistant”); 43-34-104 (a) (explaining that if the board approves an application, the assistant gets a li- cense “authorizing the assistant to perform medical tasks under the direction and supervision” of the applying physician (emphasis added)). 5 across the State....

Carole Maso v. Brian Zeh (Ga. 2023).

Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Nov 7, 2023

...ng physician’s practice. OCGA §§ 43-34-102 (4); 43-34-103 (a) (2). If approved, the board issues the physician assistant a “license authorizing the assistant to perform medical tasks under the direction and supervision of the physician.” Id. § 43-34-104 (b). 3 id....
...istant's job description.”); id. § 43-34-103 (a) (2) (describing the physician who applies to the board to utilize a physician assistant as “the licensed physician who will be responsible for the performance of such physician assistant”); id. § 43-34-104 (a) (explaining that if the board approves an application, the assistant gets a license “authorizing the assistant to perform medical tasks under the direction and supervision” of the applying physician). 4 Similar questions of vicarious liability may arise with respect to nurse practitioners....