Georgia Code Title 33. Insurance § 33-24-56

(a) It is the intent of the General Assembly to encourage health care cost containment while preserving the quality of care offered to citizens of this state. The General Assembly finds that there is an increasing number of health insurance benefit providers which require a referral from a primary care physician to a dermatologist as a condition of the payment of benefits to an insured patient. The General Assembly finds that such a requirement as it relates to dermatological services may block unfairly a patient's choice of direct access to providers of health care services and may not be in the public interest.

(b) As used in this Code section, the term:

(c) No health benefit policy which is issued, delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state shall require as a condition to the coverage of dermatological services that an enrollee, subscriber, or insured first obtain a referral from a primary care physician, as such term is defined by the group plan, policy, or contract for health care services.