The purpose of these rules is to establish the standards for physician compliance with and the standards necessary to implement Code Section 31-9-6.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated (O.C.G.A.) including enforcement thereof through disciplinary action, and to inform all physicians who possess licenses to practice medicine in the State of Georgia of the enactment of said legislation by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, which will become effective on January 1, 1989, and which will apply to surgical or diagnostic procedures subject to the statutory requirements performed on or after January 1, 1989. These rules will be enforceable and effective January 1, 1989.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 360-14-.01
O.C.G.A. 31-9-6.1.