Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 195-21-.01 - General Definitions
(1) "Psychiatry
Residency Program" is a four-year training program after graduation from
medical school designed to provide the experience required to train a
psychiatric physician as delineated by the Accreditation Council for Graduate
Medical Education, Essentials for Residency Programs in Psychiatry.
(2) "Accreditation Council for Graduate
Medical Education (ACGME)" is the body established to accredit residency
programs.
(3) "Institutional,
Program and Fellowship Requirements" of the Accreditation Council for Graduate
Medical Education (ACGME) details the institutional and program requirements
for each of the medical specialties and subspecialties.
(4) "Qualified Hospital" means a hospital, or
associated hospitals, which meet(s) the ACGME Residency Review Committee (RRC)
requirements for a critical mass and mix of hospital patients, medical staff,
facilities, and financial support adequate to sustain a quality program of
psychiatry resident training.
(5)
"Underserved Areas" are those geographic areas of the state in which the Board
determines there is a shortage of psychiatric physicians.
(6) "Resident" means an individual at any
level in an ACGME accredited Graduate Medical Education Program, including
subspecialty programs.
(7)
"Capitation" means Board funding of designated Psychiatry Residency Training
Programs based upon a fixed dollar amount per resident times the number of
residents in training, with the fixed dollar amount being set by the total
state appropriation available for this purpose.
(8) "Board Programs" means those medical
education activities supported by the Board and/or funded by the General
Assembly to address Georgia's physician workforce needs.
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(1) "Psychiatry Residency Program " is a four year training program after graduation from medical school designed to provide the experience required to train a psychiatric physician as delineated by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education , Essentials for Residency Programs in Psychiatrist Medicine.
(2) "Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education " is the body established to accredit residency programs.
(3) "Essentials of Accredited Residencies in Graduate Medical Education," a document published by the American Medical Association in its annual Graduate Medical Education Directory, details the institutional and program requirements for each of the medical specialties and subspecialties.
(4) "Qualified Hospital " means a hospital, or associated hospitals, which meet(s) the Residency Review Committee of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education requirements for a critical mass and mix of hospital patients, medical staff, facilities, and financial support adequate to sustain a quality program of psychiatric resident training.
(5) "Underserved Areas " are those geographic areas of the state in which the Board determines there is a shortage of psychiatric physicians.
(6) "Resident " means an individual at any level in an ACGME-aaccredited Graduate Medical Education Program, including subspecialty programs.
(7) "Capitation " means Board funding of designated Psychiatry Residency Training Programs based upon a fixed dollar amount per resident times the number of residents in training, with the fixed dollar amount being set by the total state appropriation available for this purpose.
(8) "Board Programs " means those medical education activities supported by the Board and/or funded by the General Assembly to address Georgia's physician workforce needs.