Georgia Code
Article 2 - Medical Practice
§ 43-34-36. Passing Upon Good Standing and Reputation of Medical and Osteopathic Colleges

The board is authorized to pass upon the good standing and reputation of any medical school or osteopathic medical school. Only such medical schools or osteopathic medical schools will be considered in good standing that possess a full and complete faculty for the teaching of medicine, surgery, and obstetrics in all their branches; that afford their students adequate clinical and hospital facilities; that have adequate curricula as determined by the board in its discretion; that fulfill all their published promises, requirements, and other claims respecting advantages to their students and the course of instruction; that exact a preliminary educational requirement equal to that specified by this article; that require students to furnish testimonials of good moral standing; and that give advanced standing only on cards from accredited medical schools or osteopathic medical schools. In determining the reputation of the medical school or osteopathic medical school, the right to investigate and make a personal inspection of the same is authorized.
History. Ga. L. 1913, p. 101, § 9; Ga. L. 1918, p. 173, § 5; Code 1933, § 84-910; Ga. L. 1970, p. 301, § 9; Code 1981, § 43-34-40 ; Code 1981, § 43-34-36 , as redesignated by Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 1/HB 509.
Editor’s notes.
Former Code Section 43-34-36, concerning recording of licenses with the clerk of superior court, was based on Ga. L. 1909, p. 123, § 7; Civil Code 1910, § 1738; Ga. L. 1913, p. 101, § 7; Code 1933, §§ 84-908, 84-1207; Ga. L. 1941, p. 352, § 1; Ga. L. 1956, p. 691, § 8; Ga. L. 1966, p. 346, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 296, § 25, and was repealed by Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 1/HB 509, effective July 1, 2009.

Structure Georgia Code

Georgia Code

Title 43 - Professions and Businesses

Chapter 34 - Physicians, Acupuncture, Physician Assistants, Cancer and Glaucoma Treatment, Respiratory Care, Clinical Perfusionists, and Orthotics and Prosthetics Practice

Article 2 - Medical Practice

§ 43-34-20. Short Title

§ 43-34-21. Definitions

§ 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

§ 43-34-25. Delegation of Certain Medical Acts to Advanced Practice Registered Nurse; Construction and Limitations of Such Delegation; Definitions; Conditions of Nurse Protocol; Issuance of Prescription Drug Orders

§ 43-34-26. License Requirement for Persons Engaged in Practice of Medicine; Qualifications; Evaluation Program; Examinations

§ 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. Issuance of Teacher’s License to Licensed Physicians of Other States and Foreign Countries; Renewal

§ 43-34-29.1. Administrative Medicine Licenses; Definitions; Requirements; Rules of Board

§ 43-34-29.2. Educational Certificates for Out-of-State Physicians Participating in Educational Training Requiring Patient Care

§ 43-34-29.3. Provider Defined; Exemption From Licensing Requirement; Reciprocating Between States

§ 43-34-30. Out-of-State Physicians Entering State for Consultation; Establishment of Offices by Out-of-State Physicians

§ 43-34-31. Practice of Medicine From Foreign Jurisdiction by Electronic Means; Exceptions; Patient Records; Confidentiality

§ 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

§ 43-34-37. Persons Authorized to Perform Artificial Insemination; Civil Liability of Physician or Surgeon

§ 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

§ 43-34-42. Penalty

§ 43-34-43. Temporary Postgraduate Training Permits; Notifications to Board; Authorization to Adopt Regulations

§ 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

§ 43-34-48. Reporting of Sexual Assaults by Physicians on Patients; Protections for Actions Done in Good Faith; Penalty for Failing to Report; Use of Records