Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed into law a bill that prevents the use of medical and medical specialty titles by healthcare providers who are not physicians.
Senate Bill 197 will go into effect July 1, according to a May 2 news release from the American Society of Anesthesiologists, which supports the legislation.
The new law will prohibit "deceptive or misleading terms or false representations of the provider's profession, skills, training, expertise, degree, board certification, licensure or medical field," such as "nurse anesthesiologist," according to the news release.
The law will also require advertisements to include the practitioner's name and disclose only the type of license under which the practitioner is authorized to provide services. It will also require advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants with doctorate degrees to clearly state they're not medical doctors or physicians.