2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 38 - MILITARY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS (§§ 38-1-1 — 38-4-92) › Chapter 3 - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (§§ 38-3-1 — 38-3-191) › Article 11 - EMERGENCY VOLUNTEER HEALTH PRACTITIONERS (§§ 38-3-160 — 38-3-171) › Section 38-3-164 - Registration systems

(a)
To qualify as a volunteer health practitioner registration system, a system shall:
(1)
Accept applications for the registration of volunteer health practitioners before or during an emergency;
(2)
Include information about the licensure and good standing of health practitioners which is accessible by authorized persons;
(3)
Be capable of confirming the accuracy of information concerning whether a health practitioner is licensed and in good standing before health services or veterinary services are provided under this article; and
(4)
Meet one of the following conditions:
(A)
Be an emergency system for advance registration of volunteer health care practitioners established by a state and funded through the United States Department of Health and Human Services under Section 319I of the Public Health Services Act,
42 U.S.C. Section 247d-7b
;
(B)
Be a local unit consisting of trained and equipped emergency response, public health, and medical personnel formed pursuant to Section 2801 of the Public Health Services Act,
42 U.S.C. Section 300hh
;
(B.1)
Be a member of an approved medical reserve corps;
(C)
Be operated by a:
(i)
Disaster relief organization;
(ii)
Licensing board;
(iii)
National or regional association of licensing boards or health practitioners;
(iv)
Health facility that provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient health care services, including a tertiary care and teaching hospital; or
(v)
Governmental entity; or
(D)
Be designated by the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency as a registration system for purposes of this article.
(b)
While an emergency declaration is in effect, the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency, consistent with the Georgia Emergency Operations Plan; a person authorized to act on behalf of the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; or a host entity may confirm whether volunteer health practitioners utilized in this state are registered with a registration system that complies with subsection (a) of this Code section. Confirmation shall be limited to obtaining the identities of the volunteer health practitioners from the system and determining whether the system indicates that the volunteer health practitioners are licensed and in good standing.
(c)
Upon request of a person in this state authorized under subsection (b) of this Code section, or a similarly authorized person in another state, a registration system located in this state shall notify the person of the identities of volunteer health practitioners and whether the volunteer health practitioners are licensed and in good standing.
(d)
A host entity shall not be required to use the services of a volunteer health practitioner even if such volunteer health practitioner is registered with a registration system that indicates that such volunteer health practitioner is licensed and in good standing.
Added by 2016 Ga. Laws 403,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2016.