may substitute for the postgraduate training equivalent required by a foreign country an academic year of supervised clinical training (clinical clerkship) prior to entrance into the first year of American Medical Association approved graduate education. The supervised clinical training must be under the direction of a medical school approved by the liaison committee on medical education.
History. Ga. L. 1909, p. 123, § 7; Civil Code 1910, § 1738; Ga. L. 1913, p. 101, §§ 6, 8, 9; Ga. L. 1918, p. 173, §§ 4, 5; Code 1933, §§ 84-907, 84-1207; Ga. L. 1935, p. 412, § 1; Ga. L. 1941, p. 352, § 1; Ga. L. 1966, p. 232, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 826, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 301, § 5; Ga. L. 1972, p. 847, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 403, § 1; Ga. L. 1977, p. 334, § 2; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1381, § 1; Code 1981, § 43-34-27 ; Ga. L. 1983, p. 881, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1067, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2062, § 4; Ga. L. 1993, p. 91, § 43; Ga. L. 1999, p. 296, §§ 22, 25; Ga. L. 2005, p. 526, § 1/HB 608; Code 1981, § 43-34-26 , as redesignated by Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 1/HB 509; Ga. L. 2010, p. 878, § 43/HB 1387; Ga. L. 2021, p. 777, § 6/HB 458.
The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, added the second and third sentences in paragraph (a)(2).
Cross references.
English designated as official language, § 50-3-100 .
Editor’s notes.
The State Board of Medical Examiners and the State Board of Examiners in Osteopathy, referred to in subparagraph (a)(1)(A) of this Code section, were merged by Ga. L. 1970, p. 301, § 3, to form the Composite State Board of Medical Examiners (now Georgia Composite Medical Board).
Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 1/HB 509, effective July 1, 2009, redesignated former Code Section 43-34-26 as present Code Section 43-34-22.
Structure Georgia Code
Title 43 - Professions and Businesses
§ 43-34-22. Practicing Medicine Without a License; Titles and Abbreviations; Exceptions
§ 43-34-23. Delegation of Authority to Nurse or Physician Assistant
§ 43-34-24. Drug Therapy Management; Modification by Pharmacist
§ 43-34-26.1. Vaccine Protocol Agreements
§ 43-34-27. Licensing Aliens; Licensing Canadian Medical School Graduates
§ 43-34-28. Reciprocity; Expedited License
§ 43-34-29.1. Administrative Medicine Licenses; Definitions; Requirements; Rules of Board
§ 43-34-29.3. Provider Defined; Exemption From Licensing Requirement; Reciprocating Between States
§ 43-34-31.1. Licensing of Telemedicine Physicians; Revocation
§ 43-34-32. Temporary Licenses
§ 43-34-33. Institutional Licenses
§ 43-34-34. Limited Provisional Licenses
§ 43-34-35. Issuance of License Upon Presentation of Evidence of Required Qualifications
§ 43-34-36. Passing Upon Good Standing and Reputation of Medical and Osteopathic Colleges
§ 43-34-39. Injunctions; Violations of Article as Constituting Nuisance
§ 43-34-40. Fraudulently Obtaining or Selling Records; Fraudulent Use of Terms
§ 43-34-41. Special Licenses for Volunteers
§ 43-34-44. Role of Medical Assistants Clarified
§ 43-34-45. Polysomnography; Practice
§ 43-34-46. Maintenance of Certification Programs
§ 43-34-47. Regulation of Sedation and Rescue in Office Based Surgeries; Failure to Comply