Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE
Chapter 195-6 - MEDICAL SCHOOL OPERATING GRANTS
Rule 195-6-.01 - General Definitions

(1) "Medical School" is a four year program leading to the M.D. or D.O. degree which will prepare its graduates to enter and complete graduate medical education, to qualify for licensure, to provide competent medical care, and to have the educational background necessary for continued learning.

(2) "Liaison Committee on Medical Education" is the body established to accredit programs in medical education leading to the M.D. degree in the United States and territories and, in cooperation with the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools (CACMS), in Canada.

(3) "Accredited" means a medical school has met the national standards set forth by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.

(4) "Student" is an individual enrolled in a program of medical education leading to the M.D. degree.

(5) "Primary Care and Core Specialty Disciplines" are family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics/gynecology, emergency medicine, psychiatry and general surgery.

(6) "Medically Underserved" are those geographic areas of the state in which the Board determines that there will be a shortage of physicians.

(7) "Primary Care and Core Specialty Graduates" is the sum of all graduates from the medical school initially enrolled in primary care or core specialty residency programs during the five year period specified in the Agreement each year.

(8) "Primary Care and Core Specialty Residency Programs" are ACGME accredited graduate medical education programs in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine (Categorical), Obstetrics/Gynecology, General Surgery, Psychiatry, Pediatrics (Categorical), Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, or an ACGME recognized graduate medical education program in Internal Medicine/Preventive Medicine, or Internal Medicine/Family Medicine.

(9) "Initially enrolled" is the first graduate medical education program the physician is enrolled in following the award of the Doctor of Medicine degree.

(10) "Total Graduates" is the sum of all graduates receiving the Doctor of Medicine Degree from the medicine school during the five year period specified in the Agreement each year. Graduates who did not enter a graduate medical education program after receiving their medical degree shall be subtracted from the Total Graduates.

(11) "Primary Care and Core Specialty Enrollment Rate" the quotient of primary care and core specialty graduates divided by the total graduates.