CPOM Compliance for Georgia Healthcare Startups

The Law in Georgia

Georgia repealed its explicit corporate practice of medicine statute in 1982, so there is no standalone CPOM ban on the books. But the doctrine lives on through the Professional Corporation Act: only licensed professionals may own shares of a professional corporation organized to provide medical services, and the Georgia Composite Medical Board scrutinizes arrangements where lay owners influence clinical judgment.

What Georgia Founders Need to Know

• Medical professional corporations require 100% ownership by licensed professionals — non-physician equity is prohibited
• No standalone CPOM statute exists, but the Composite Medical Board evaluates whether corporate structures compromise independent medical judgment
• LLCs occupy a gray area — they may employ professionals unless the Medical Board prohibits it, but most counsel still recommend the PC structure
• Med spas and IV-therapy businesses face growing Board scrutiny over lay ownership and supervision
• The MSO/PC structure is the standard compliant approach for non-physician founders operating in Georgia

How Foundry PC Helps Georgia Startups

Foundry PC matches healthcare founders with a Friendly PC Owner — a Georgia-licensed physician who owns the Professional Corporation — and builds the MSO-PC structure so your company can operate compliantly. We handle the matching, the entity formation, and ongoing compliance so you can focus on building.

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