This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Georgia Pain Management Clinic Act.” History. Code 1981, § 43-34-280 , enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 515, § 2/HB 178. Law reviews. For article, “Reasonable Medical Care and the Opioid Epidemic: What’s Really Broken?,” see 24 Ga. St. B.J. 17 (Dec. 2018).
This article is enacted for the purpose of safeguarding the public health, safety, and welfare by providing for state administrative control, supervision, and regulation of pain management clinics. It is the intention of the General Assembly that people be able to obtain appropriate and safe medical care to treat conditions in which the control of […]
As used in this article, the term: “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. “Board” means the Georgia Composite Medical […]
On and after July 1, 2013, all pain management clinics shall be licensed by the board and shall biennially renew their license with the board. In the event that physicians in a pain management clinic practice at more than one location, each such location shall be licensed by the board, and such license shall be […]
In addition to the authority granted in Code Section 43-34-8, a license obtained pursuant to this article may be denied, suspended, or revoked by the board upon finding that the licensee or a physician practicing at a licensed pain management clinic has: Furnished false or fraudulent material information in any application filed under this chapter; […]
The board shall be notified immediately upon the occurrence of any of the following: Permanent closing of a licensed pain management clinic; Change of ownership, management, or location of a licensed pain management clinic; Change of the physicians practicing in a licensed pain management clinic; Any theft or loss of drugs or devices of a […]
All pain management clinics that dispense controlled substances or dangerous drugs shall be registered with the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy as required by Chapter 4 of Title 26. History. Code 1981, § 43-34-286 , enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 515, § 2/HB 178.
All licenses shall expire biennially unless renewed. All applications for renewal of a license shall be filed with the board prior to the expiration date, accompanied by the biennial renewal fee prescribed by the board. A license which has expired for failure of the holder to renew may be late renewed after application and payment […]
Any person who operates a pain management clinic in the State of Georgia without a license in violation of this article shall be guilty of a felony. History. Code 1981, § 43-34-288 , enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 515, § 2/HB 178.
Any hospital which operates an outpatient clinic at its main facility or at any satellite facility with greater than 50 percent of such clinic’s annual patient population being treated for chronic pain for nonterminal conditions by the use of Schedule II or III controlled substances shall annually notify the board of such clinic. History. Code […]
Law enforcement officers, medical examiners, the Georgia Drugs and Narcotics Agency, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Medical Examiner’s Office, when investigating deaths which may be the result of medication administered or prescribed or a procedure conducted at a pain management clinic as defined by paragraph (7) of Code Section 43-34-282 either by an individual […]
