Bill Text: GA HB1371 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Podiatry practice; include certain cosmetic foot and leg conditions; provide

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-17 - House Second Readers [HB1371 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2009-HB1371-Introduced.html

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10 LC 38 1097

House Bill 1371

By: Representatives Kidd of the 141st, Wilkinson of the 52nd, and Parsons of the 42nd

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend Code Section 43-35-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding podiatry practice, so as to provide that podiatry medicine includes the diagnosis and treatment of certain cosmetic conditions regarding the human foot and leg; to provide a definition; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

Code Section 43-35-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding podiatry practice, is amended by revising subparagraph (A) of paragraph (5) as follows:

"(A) Charging a fee or other compensation, either directly or indirectly, for any history or physical examination of a patient in a person's office or in a hospital, clinic, or other similar facility prior to, incident to, and necessary for the diagnosis and treatment, by primary medical care, surgical or other means, of diseases, ailments, injuries, cosmetic conditions, or abnormal conditions of the human foot and leg;"

SECTION 2.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.