Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-1 - ADMINISTRATION › Rule 195-1-.01 - General Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) "Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce"
			 means the organization and its office, formerly known as the Joint Board of
			 Family Practice, redesignated under Ga. Laws 1998, Act 785 (SB 533), and
			 governed by Title 49 Chapter 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated as
			 amended to address the physician workforce needs of Georgia communities through
			 the support and development of medical education programs and to administer
			 such grants and programs as may be funded from time to time by the Georgia
			 General Assembly relating to the education and training of
			 physicians.
(2) "Board" means the
			 members serving a term of office on Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce. The
			 Board shall be composed of 15 members, all of whom are residents of Georgia.
(a) Four members shall be primary care
			 physicians, at least two of whom shall be from rural areas, four members shall
			 be physicians who are not primary care physicians, at least two of whom shall
			 practice in rural areas, three members shall be representatives of hospitals
			 which are not teaching hospitals, with at least two of those members being a
			 representative of a rural, nonprofit hospital, and two of such members shall be
			 physicians; one member shall be a dentist; one member shall be a physician
			 assistant; one member shall be a nurse practitioner; and one member shall have
			 no connection with the practice of medicine or the provision of health care.
			 The physicians on the Board shall represent a diversity of medical disciplines
			 including, but not limited to, women's health, geriatrics and children's health
			 and to the greatest extent possible, shall be in the active practice of
			 medicine providing direct patient care. The Board shall represent the gender,
			 racial, and geographical diversity of the state.
(b) All members shall be appointed by the
			 Governor and confirmed by the Senate. All members of the board in office on
			 July 1, 2019, shall continue to serve as a member of the board until the
			 expiration of his or her term of office.
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			 Successors to members shall be appointed for terms of six years. All members
			 shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified. Members
			 appointed shall be eligible to serve on the Board until confirmed by the Senate
			 at the session of the General Assembly next following their appointment.
(c) In the case of a
			 vacancy on the Board by reason of death or resignation of a member or for any
			 other cause other than the expiration of the member's term of office, the Board
			 shall by secret ballot elect a temporary successor. If the General Assembly is
			 in session, the temporary successor shall serve until the end of that session.
			 If the General Assembly is not in session, the temporary successor shall serve
			 until the end of the session next following the vacancy or until the expiration
			 of the vacated member's term of office, whichever occurs first. The Governor
			 shall appoint a permanent successor who shall be confirmed by the Senate. The
			 permanent successor shall take office on the first day after the General
			 Assembly adjourns and shall serve for the unexpired term and until his or her
			 successor is appointed and qualified.