(c)Medical staff. All medical staff must be licensed and in good standing to practice their respective professions in the State of Georgia, have 12 hours of training in narcotic-addiction treatment within the 12 months preceding the date of hire when hired after the effective date of these rules, and practicing within the scope authorized by law. If any member of the medical staff has not had such training, he or she must be working under the direction of a qualified medical director with an acceptable training plan, completed within 12 months of the date of hire, that consists of a combination of continuing education in addiction medicine and in-service training by the program's medical director. see full law