{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-34-13","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 43-34-13","heading":"“Expedited physician licensee” and “health care professional” defined; fingerprinting and criminal background check.","body":"(a) As used in this Code section, the term:\n(1) “Expedited physician licensee” means an individual licensed by the board.\n(2) “Health care professional” means any individual licensed, certified, or permitted by the board under this chapter.\n(b) Any applicant as a health care professional or as an expedited physician licensee shall have satisfactory results from a fingerprint records check report conducted by the Georgia Crime Information Center and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as determined by the board. Application for a license, certificate, or permit under this chapter shall constitute express consent and authorization for the board to perform a criminal background check. Each applicant who submits an application to the board for licensure, certification, or permit agrees to provide the board with any and all information necessary to run a criminal background check, including, but not limited to, classifiable sets of fingerprints. The applicant shall be responsible for all fees associated with the performance of such criminal background check.","path":["TITLE 43 Professions And Businesses","CHAPTER 34 Physicians, Acupuncture, Physician Assistants, Cancer and Glaucoma Treatment, Respiratory Care, Clinical Perfusionists, and Orthotics and Prosthetics Practice","Article 1 Georgia Composite Medical Board"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.43.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"d76aebfe3f7d8e255408755129665eedb9ebcbaa530d48a4b730b26013c01ada","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-34-12","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-34-14"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}