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Committee approves rules for ketamine and psychedelic treatment clinics, adds grandfathering and ownership limits
Summary
The committee passed House Bill 717 to license and regulate psychedelic-assisted treatment clinics (including ketamine), requiring medical monitoring, two-hour post-treatment observation and emergency equipment; the substitute includes grandfathering for existing clinics and ownership limits requiring physician majority or physician–CRNA partnerships for new clinics.
Chair introduced the substitute to House Bill 717 and invited the Georgia Composite Medical Board to present. Kimberly, deputy executive director and legal officer for the Board, said the board formed an ad hoc ketamine committee after public and physician concern about new clinics that operate without consistent safeguards. The proposed statute would license clinics, set parameters for safe prescribing, administration and post-treatment monitoring for psychedelic-assisted treatments, and require registration with the Composite Medical Board.
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