Bill Text: GA HR1449 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Georgia Composite Medical Board; surgery and anesthesia; establish regulations; urge
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-04-12 - House Passed/Adopted [HR1449 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HR1449-Comm_Sub.html
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The
House Committee on Health and Human Services offers the following substitute to
HR 1449:
A
RESOLUTION
Urging
the Georgia Composite Medical Board to promulgate regulations which establish
medically accepted standards of patient care in office based surgery and
anesthesia for health care providers licensed by the Georgia Composite Medical
Board; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
the patients of Georgia rightly desire timely and convenient access to medical
care of all types, including the variety of surgical procedures that may
reasonably be undertaken in any environment of care; and
WHEREAS,
because suitable equipment and technology are available so as to allow the
individual practitioner to offer selected procedures or types of care in the
practice or office environment, the number of office based surgical procedures
will certainly increase; and
WHEREAS,
patients reasonably expect that such care is appropriately offered and duly
performed in a manner consistent with established standards of patient safety
similar to those required in hospital and ambulatory surgery environments;
and
WHEREAS,
the American Medical Association has developed core principles of office based
surgery along with the American College of Surgeons, and other national medical
specialty societies have developed consensus documents representing best
practices for their members; and
WHEREAS,
more than 26 states have, by Act, regulation, or guideline, adopted standards of
patient care for office based surgery and anesthesia; and
WHEREAS,
Georgia is the only state in the Southeast without office based surgery
regulations.
NOW
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that this body urges
the Georgia Composite Medical Board to promulgate regulations which establish
medically accepted standards of patient care in office based surgery and
anesthesia for health care providers regulated by the Georgia Composite Medical
Board.
