O.C.G.A. § 43-34-13 (2019)
‘‘Expedited physician licensee’’ and ‘‘health care professional’’ defined; fingerprinting and criminal background check
(a) As used in this Code section, the term:
(1) ‘‘Expedited physician licensee’’ means an individual licensed by the board.
(2) ‘‘Health care professional’’ means any individual licensed, certified, or permitted by the board under this chapter.
(b) Any applicant as a health care professional or as an expedited physician licensee shall have satisfactory results from a fingerprint records check report conducted by the Georgia Crime Information Center and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as determined by the board. Application for a license, certificate, or permit under this chapter shall constitute express consent and authorization for the board to perform a criminal background check. Each applicant who submits an application to the board for licensure, certification, or permit agrees to provide the board with any and all information necessary to run a criminal background check, including, but not limited to, classifiable sets of fingerprints. The applicant shall be responsible for all fees associated with the performance of such criminal background check.
History
Code 1981, § 43-34-13, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 200, § 2/SB 16; Ga. L. 2020, p. 575, § 4/HB 752; Ga. L. 2021, p. 363, § 1/HB 245. Effective date. - This Code section became effective July 1, 2019. The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, in subsection (a), added the colon at the end of the introductory lan-
guage, added paragraph (a)(1) and designated the existing provisions as paragraph (a)(2); and inserted ‘‘or as an expedited physician licensee’’ in the first sentence of subsection (b). The 2021 amendment, effective May 4, 2021, deleted ‘‘or its representative’’ following ‘‘authorization for the board’’ in the second sentence of subsection (b).
Annotations
Effective date. - This Code section became effective July 1, 2019.
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ARTICLE 2 MEDICAL PRACTICE
Cross references. - Continuation of State Medical Education Board, § 20-3-510.
Nonprofit medical service corporations, T. 33, C. 18.
Georgia Board for Physician Workforce, T. 49, C. 10.
Liability of persons rendering emergency care, § 51-1-29.
Law reviews. - For comment, "Georgia's Telemedicine Laws and Regulations: Protecting Against Health Care Access," 68 Mercer L. Rev. 489 (2017).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d. - 2 Am. Jur. 2d, Administrative Law, § 21 et seq. 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Commerce, §§ 1 et seq., 90 et seq. 16A Am. Jur. 2d, Constitutional Law, §§ 266, 284 et seq., 332, 339 et seq. 39 Am. Jur. 2d, Health, §§ 1 et seq., 26 et seq. 51 Am. Jur. 2d, Licenses and Permits, § 1 et seq. 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories and Dependencies, §§ 42, 64 et seq. 73 Am. Jur. 2d, Statutes, §§ 17 et seq., 58 et seq.
C.J.S. - 15 C.J.S., Commerce, §§ 9 et seq., 83 et seq., 111 et seq. 16 C.J.S., Constitutional Law, § 280 et seq. 16A C.J.S., Constitutional Law, § 580 et seq. 16B C.J.S., Constitutional Law, §§ 1055-1058, 1444-1448. 16D C.J.S., Constitutional Law, §§ 2085, 2086. 53 C.J.S., Licenses, § 6 et seq. 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 12 et seq. 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 50 et seq. 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 146 et seq. 81A C.J.S., States, § 120 et seq. 82 C.J.S., Statutes, §§ 203, 281.
ALR. - Physician's use of patient's tissues, cells, or bodily substances for medical research or economic purposes, 16 A.L.R.5th 143.