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GA HB816
Bill
Status
Engrossed
3/2/2020
Primary Sponsor
Karen Mathiak
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AI Summary
- Amends Code Section 14-7-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated to allow chiropractors practicing within their scope of practice to organize and jointly own a professional corporation with physicians practicing within their scope of practice
- Joint ownership is permitted only to the extent not inconsistent with the ethics of the professions involved or otherwise prohibited by law
- Explicitly prohibits chiropractors from attaching the title "physician" to their names or to the name of the jointly owned professional corporation
- Extends a framework already in place for ophthalmologists and optometrists to jointly own professional corporations, applying similar terms and restrictions to chiropractor-physician arrangements
Legislative Description
Professions and businesses; chiropractors may own professional corporations with physicians; provide
Last Action
Senate Read and Referred
3/3/2020
Full Bill Text
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