07 LC 33
1795
House
Bill 337
By:
Representatives Graves of the
12th,
Ehrhart of the
36th,
Butler of the
18th,
Coan of the
101st,
Knox of the
24th,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 31-6-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
definitions relative to state health planning and development, so as to revise
the definition of "new institutional health service"; to provide for related
matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 31-6-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
definitions relative to state health planning and development, is amended by
revising division (14)(G)(iii) as follows:
"(iii)
Surgery in an operating room environment, including but not limited to
ambulatory surgery; provided, however, this provision shall not apply to surgery
performed in the offices of an individual private physician or single group
practice of private physicians if such surgery is performed in a facility that
is owned, operated, and utilized by such physicians who also are of a single
specialty and the capital expenditure associated with the construction,
development, or other establishment of the clinical health service does not
exceed the amount of $1 million
and provided,
further, that for purposes of this division, general surgery shall be treated in
all respects in the same manner as a single specialty, including applicable
rules and regulations of the department as they relate to this division and to
single specialties; and"
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.