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Dear APN's across Georgia,                                   April 17, 2007

The GHSA (Georgia High School Association) passed some changes
to their by-laws that allow Nurse Practitioners to conduct sports physicals
but still require a doctor's signature. This signature can be in the form of a
scripted stamp as long as identifying physician info is on the sports physical
form.

This is effective immediately. Apparently high school's have been
notified through the channels that they can accept the NP doing the
physical.

Here are the by-law notes--

1.41 (b) The physical exam must be conducted by a licensed medical
physician or doctor of Osteopathic medicine, or a physician's assistant, or
"nurse practitioner" (the new addition)

1.41 (c) The exam must be signed by a doctor, but the doctor's stamp is
acceptable if it is in script, and if information appears elsewhere on
the form identifying him/her as a medical doctor.

1.41 (d) The GHSA requires that member schools use the latest edition
of the preparticipation physical evaluation form approved by the American
Academy of Pediatrics, et al., that is found in the "GHSA Forms Notebook."

Click here --> for the complete minutes of the meeting where this
was approved.

Please thank Debra Fingles of the Macon UAPRN Chapter for obtaining
this information for UAPRN.

As you can see we have another example of were we are trusted to do the
job but do not get full credit or responsibility for performing our role.
If you have not joined UAPRN yet please join today and yearly that way can
have the power and resources to make an impact and presence with these pressing
issues.

Jennifer Lynn Waller
UAPRN State President
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