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title: HB 329. Professional and businesses; authorize certified nurse practitioners and physician assistants to perform artificial insemination
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  - Scott Hilton
  - Deborah Silcox
  - Lee Hawkins
  - Sharon Cooper
  - Lehman Franklin
  - Sandy Donatucci
  - Kay Kirkpatrick
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  - nurse practitioners
  - physician assistants
  - reproductive health
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# HB 329. Professional and businesses; authorize certified nurse practitioners and physician assistants to perform artificial insemination

## Text

25 LC 46 1050
House Bill 329
By: Representatives Hilton of the 48th, Silcox of the 53rd, Hawkins of the 27th, Cooper of the
45th, Franklin of the 160th, and others
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Co de of Georgia Annotated,1
relating to medical practice, so as to authorize certified nurs e practitioners and physician2
assistants to perform artificial insemination; to provide for definitions; to provide for related3
matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.4
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:5
SECTION 1.6
Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Geo rgia Annotated, relating to7
medical practice, is amended by revising Code Section 43-34-37, relating to persons8
authorized to perform artificial insemination and civil liabili ty of physician or surgeon, as9
follows:10
"43-34-37.11
(a) As used in this Code section, the term:12
(1) 'Additional duty' means a medical task, which is not customarily learned during the13
scholastic training of a physician assistant.14
(2) 'Certified nurse practitioner' means a registered professi onal nurse who is licensed15
by the Georgia Board of Nursing to engage in advanced practice registered nursing as a16
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certified nurse practitioner to patients not necessarily within the physical presence but17
under the personal direction or supervision of a supervising physician.18
(3) 'Form C' means a Georgia Composite Medical Board document used by physicians19
to delegate procedures to a certified nurse practitioner.20
(4) 'Physician assistant' means a skilled person who is licens ed by the Georgia21
Composite Medical Board and who is qualified by academic and pr actical training to22
provide services to patients not necessarily within the physica l presence but under the23
personal direction or supervision of a supervising physician.24
(a)(b) Physicians and surgeons licensed to practice medicine in accordance with and under25
this article, certified nurse practitioners, and physician assistants shall be the only persons26
authorized to administer or perform artificial insemination upon any female human being. 27
Any other person or persons who shall attempt to administer or perform or who shall28
actually administer or perform artificial insemination upon any female human being shall29
be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in30
the penitentiary for not less than one year nor more than five years.31
(c) A certified nurse practitioner may administer or perform an artificial insemination only32
if such practitioner has been delegated the authority to do so by a delegating physician or33
surgeon through the use of a Form C and such physician or surgeon is physically present34
at the location and during the time such artificial inseminatio n is administered or35
performed.36
(d) A physician assistant may administer or perform an artificial insemination only if such37
assistant has been delegated the authority to do so by a delega ting physician or surgeon,38
such physician or surgeon is physically present at the location and time such artificial39
insemination is administered or performed, and such authority h as been approved as an40
additional duty for such assistant by the Georgia Composite Medical Board.41
(b)(e) Any physician, or surgeon, certified nurse practitioner, or physician assistant who42
obtains written authorization signed by both the husband and the wife authorizing him or43
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her to perform or administer artificial insemination shall be relieved of civil liability to the44
husband and wife or to any child conceived by artificial insemi nation for the result or45
results of said artificial insemination, provided that the written authorization provided for46
in this Code section shall not relieve any physician, or surgeon, certified nurse practitioner,47
or physician assistant from any civil liability arising from his or her own negligent48
administration or performance of artificial insemination."49
SECTION 2.50
This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2026.51
SECTION 3.52
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.53
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## Summaries written by Georgia Commons

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House Bill 329 would let certified nurse practitioners and physician assistants perform artificial insemination in Georgia, as long as a supervising physician delegates and is physically present.

### Plain-language summary

Under current Georgia law (O.C.G.A. § 43-34-37), only licensed physicians and surgeons may legally perform artificial insemination on a woman; anyone else who does so commits a felony. This bill would expand that authorization to certified nurse practitioners and physician assistants, but only under specific conditions.
A certified nurse practitioner could perform the procedure only if a supervising physician delegates that authority using a state 'Form C' document and is physically present during the procedure. A physician assistant could do the same only with physician delegation, physician presence, and formal approval from the Georgia Composite Medical Board as an added duty. The bill also extends the existing civil liability protections, so these providers are shielded from lawsuits over insemination outcomes if they have written authorization from both spouses, though they remain liable for their own negligence. The changes would take effect January 1, 2026.

### What it does

- Expands who may legally perform artificial insemination in Georgia to include certified nurse practitioners and physician assistants, alongside physicians and surgeons.
- Requires a certified nurse practitioner to have delegated authority via a Form C document and requires the supervising physician to be physically present during the procedure.
- Requires a physician assistant to have physician delegation, physician physical presence, and Georgia Composite Medical Board approval of the procedure as an added duty.
- Extends existing civil liability protections (shielding providers from lawsuits when both spouses give written authorization) to cover certified nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
- Keeps in place the felony penalty, one to five years in prison, for anyone unauthorized who performs or attempts to perform artificial insemination.
- Sets an effective date of January 1, 2026.

### Who it affects

Certified nurse practitioners and physician assistants in Georgia gain new authority to perform a procedure previously limited to physicians and surgeons. Supervising physicians, the Georgia Composite Medical Board, and patients seeking artificial insemination, including married couples using the procedure, are also affected.

### Why it matters

Patients seeking artificial insemination could have more types of licensed providers available to perform the procedure, potentially easing access, especially where physicians are scarce. Nurse practitioners and physician assistants would gain new duties and legal protections, but only under physician oversight and specific approval requirements.

### Key provisions

- Section 1 rewrites O.C.G.A. § 43-34-37 to add certified nurse practitioners and physician assistants to the list of people authorized to perform artificial insemination.
- Subsection (a) defines 'additional duty,' 'certified nurse practitioner,' 'Form C,' and 'physician assistant' for purposes of this Code section.
- Subsection (b) keeps the felony penalty (one to five years imprisonment) for unauthorized persons who perform or attempt artificial insemination.
- Subsection (c) requires a certified nurse practitioner to be delegated authority via Form C and requires the delegating physician's physical presence during the procedure.
- Subsection (d) requires a physician assistant to have physician delegation, physician physical presence, and Georgia Composite Medical Board approval as an additional duty.
- Subsection (e) extends civil liability protection to certified nurse practitioners and physician assistants when both spouses provide written authorization, while preserving liability for negligence.
- Section 2 sets the effective date as January 1, 2026.
- Section 3 repeals any conflicting laws.

## Status

- Status: Engrossed (2025-02-27)
- Last action: Senate Recommitted (2026-01-12)
- Sponsors: Scott Hilton, Deborah Silcox, Lee Hawkins, Sharon Cooper, Lehman Franklin, Sandy Donatucci, Kay Kirkpatrick
- Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70058

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