Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 360 - RULES OF GEORGIA COMPOSITE MEDICAL BOARD › Chapter 360-8 - PAIN MANAGEMENT CLINICS › Rule 360-8-.01 - Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) 'Annual patient
			 population' means persons seen by a clinic or practice in a 12 month calendar
			 year but shall not include persons that are patients of a nursing home, home
			 health agency or hospice licensed pursuant to Chapter 7 of Title 31.
(2) 'Board' means the Georgia Composite
			 Medical Board created by Code Section 98 43-34-2.
(3) 'Chronic pain' means physical pain
			 treated for a period of 90 days or more in a year but shall not include
			 perioperative pain, which shall mean pain immediately preceding and immediately
			 following a surgical procedure, when such perioperative pain is being treated
			 in connection with a surgical procedure by a licensed health care professional
			 acting within the scope of his or her license.
(4) 'License' means a valid and current
			 certificate of registration issued by the board pursuant to this article which
			 shall give the person to whom it is issued to engage in the practice prescribed
			 thereon.
(5) 'Licensee' means any
			 person holding a license under this article.
(6) 'Medical treatment' and 'medical
			 services' means the treatment of chronic pain.
(7) 'Medical treatment or services' means for
			 purposes of Chapter 360-8, medical treatment and services include, but are not
			 limited to, the evaluation, diagnosis, and/or treatment of any medical
			 complaint or condition, including prescribing and/or ordering medication,
			 administering therapy, and/or any surgical procedure.
(8) 'Nonterminal condition' means a medical
			 condition which is reversible, where there is a reasonable hope of recovery,
			 and where the patient's medical prognosis is a life expectancy of two years or
			 more.
(9) 'Pain management clinic'
			 means a medical practice advertising 'treatment of pain' or utilizing 'pain' in
			 the name of the clinic or a medical practice or clinic with greater than 50
			 percent of its annual patient population being treated for chronic pain for
			 nonterminal conditions by the use of Schedule II or III controlled substances.
			 This term shall not include any clinic or practice owned, in whole or in part,
			 or operated by a hospital licensed pursuant to Chapter 7 of Title 31 or by a
			 health system or any ambulatory surgical center, skilled nursing facility,
			 hospice, or home health agency licensed pursuant to Chapter 7 of Title
			 31.
(10) 'Proof of Ownership'
			 includes official documents such as incorporation papers filed with Secretary
			 of State, a business license issued to the location identified in the
			 application, lease agreements, bank accounts, information related to billing
			 practices of the business, evidence related to form of payment for the owners
			 of the clinic and physicians practicing at the clinic, and any other
			 documentation that the Board may need to determine actual ownership.
(11) 'Person' means a natural
			 person.
(12) 'Physician' means a
			 person who possesses a current, unrestricted license to practice medicine in
			 the State of Georgia pursuant to Article 2 of this chapter.
O.C.G.A Sections
				 43-34-281,  43-34-282.