In Georgia, may a non-clinical owner or manager be paid a share of revenue?
Ownership · part of The Practice Perimeter
⚠️ GEORGIA PUTS FEE DIVISION IN THE SAME GROUND AS AIDING UNLICENSED PRACTICE, AND IT NAMES CORPORATIONS. The board may discipline a licensee who has “DIVIDED FEES OR AGREED TO DIVIDE FEES RECEIVED FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WITH ANY PERSON, FIRM, ASSOCIATION, CORPORATION, OR OTHER ENTITY FOR BRINGING OR REFERRING A PATIENT.” The trigger is what the payment is FOR — bringing or referring — not who receives it.
O.C.G.A. § 43-34-8(a)(9) · verified Sep 2, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
The rest of what Georgia says on this
Every other rule we have verified under ownership & corporate practice of medicine, each linked to its primary source.
The Georgia Professional Corporation Act expressly counts medicine and surgery as a “profession” for its purposes, alongside dentistry, pharmacy, psychology, registered professional nursing and others — so a medical practice organized as a professional corporation falls inside the Act.
O.C.G.A. §14-7-2 · verified Aug 17, 2026 · read at FindLaw Codes
Shares in a professional corporation may only be issued to, held by, or transferred to a person licensed to practice the profession the corporation was organized for who — unless disabled — is actively engaged in that practice as an active practicing member of the corporation. Each stock certificate must be endorsed disclosing that restriction, and shares standing in the name of a disqualified or retired person are void outside the holding periods the Code section allows.
O.C.G.A. §14-7-5(a) · verified Aug 17, 2026 · read at FindLaw Codes
A professional corporation may practice only one profession. The Act names narrow exceptions: doctors of podiatric medicine may jointly own one with doctors of medicine or osteopathy, chiropractors may jointly own one with physicians, and ophthalmologists may jointly own one with optometrists — each only so far as it is not inconsistent with the ethics of the professions involved or otherwise prohibited by law.
O.C.G.A. §14-7-4(a) · verified Aug 17, 2026 · read at FindLaw Codes
A professional corporation may engage in the practice of its profession only through officers, employees and agents who are licensed or otherwise legally authorized to practice it in Georgia. That restriction does not stop the corporation employing unlicensed people in roles where they are not rendering professional services to the public.
O.C.G.A. §14-7-4(b) · verified Aug 17, 2026 · read at FindLaw Codes
At least one member of the board of directors and the president of a professional corporation must be licensed in the profession the corporation was organized for. Where the governing board includes people who are not licensed, the corporation must vest responsibility for decisions relating wholly to professional considerations in those who are — by a standing committee of the board or otherwise.
O.C.G.A. §14-7-4(c) · verified Aug 17, 2026 · read at FindLaw Codes
A professional corporation left without an actively practicing shareholder, or which fails to comply with the Act’s share transfer requirements, must stop operating as a professional corporation and liquidate.
O.C.G.A. §14-7-5(e) · verified Aug 17, 2026 · read at FindLaw Codes
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