---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical practice; maintenance of certification shall not be required; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical practice, so as to provide that maintenance of certification shall not be required as a condition of licensure to practice medicine, staff privileges, employment in certain facilities, reimbursement, or malpractice insurance coverage; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 165"
citation: "Georgia HB 165 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Betty Price", "Deborah Silcox", "Jodi Lott", "Mark Newton", "Rick Jasperse", "Sharon Cooper"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/409f8ca2-12b1-459b-9c78-536955e6b9fe"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "aa1c720d5d4782a3d1570eb07cf53568d62325d7ca5f4e9fee50bca2d73da202"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---

# Georgia HB 165 (2017_18) — Medical practice; maintenance of certification shall not be required; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical practice, so as to provide that maintenance of certification shall not be required as a condition of licensure to practice medicine, staff privileges, employment in certain facilities, reimbursement, or malpractice insurance coverage; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Votes

- PASSAGE — **171–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Betty Price — primary (person)
- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
- Jodi Lott — primary (person)
- Mark Newton — primary (person)
- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-26** House Hopper
- **2017-01-30** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-02-14** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2017-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-08** Act 180 `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/409f8ca2-12b1-459b-9c78-536955e6b9fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).