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# O.C.G.A. § 43-34-1. (See Editor’s notes.) Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the term:

(1) ‘‘Board’’ means the Georgia Composite Medical Board.

(2) ‘‘Physician’’ means a person licensed to practice medicine pursuant to Article 2 of this chapter.

(3) ‘‘To practice medicine,’’ ‘‘the practice of medicine,’’ or ‘‘practicing medicine’’ shall have the same meaning as in paragraph (3) of Code Section 43-34-21.

## History

Code 1981, § 43-34-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 1/HB 509.

## Editor's Notes

This Code section formerly pertained to persons authorized to perform surgery or other invasive procedures. The former Code section was based on Ga. L. 1950, p. 168, §§ 10, 14, 15; Ga. L. 1956, p. 36, §§ 2, 3, 4; Ga. L. 1981, Ex. Sess., p. 8; and Ga. L. 1992, p. 2062, § 2, and was repealed by Ga. L. 1993, p. 349, § 1, effective April 5, 1993.

For application of this statute in 2021, see Executive Order 01.22.21.07.