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GA HB816

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/2/2020

Primary Sponsor

Karen Mathiak

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Origin

House of Representatives

2019-2020 Regular Session

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

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