Can CAAs practice in Georgia?
Yes — CAAs are licensed in Georgia.
Georgia has no separate AA license: CAAs are licensed as physician assistants by the Georgia Composite Medical Board and practice anesthesia under a Board-approved anesthesiologist assistant job description filed with a supervising anesthesiologist. It is the oldest CAA practice state; Emory's program dates to 1969.
- Legal authority
- O.C.G.A. § 43-34-100 et seq. (Physician Assistant Act); Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. ch. 360-5
- Effective
- 1972
- Supervision
- Practice under an anesthesiologist supervising physician per the Board-approved 'Physician Anesthesiologist Assistant' job description; a supervising physician may supervise up to four AA-program-trained PAs at one time (Rules 360-5-.04/-.05).
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12
Notes
Title nuance for applicants: the license issued is a physician assistant license (PA Act, 1972), with anesthesia scope granted via the Board's AA job description for graduates of Board-approved AA programs. There is no 'CAA' license type. SB 111 (2023-2024), a standalone 'Anesthesiologist Assistant Act' creating separate AA licensure, died (recommitted Jan 8, 2024); no 2025-2026 successor bill was found on the Georgia General Assembly or LegiScan. Effective year reflects the PA Act under which AAs have practiced since the early 1970s.
CAA programs in Georgia
- Emory University — Atlanta · Atlanta
- South University — Savannah · Savannah