Georgia Code, Title 43, Chapter 1 - General Provisions

• § 43-1-1 - Definitions
  As used in this title, the term: (1) "Division" means the professional licensing boards division created under Code Section 43-1-2. (2) "Division director" means...
• § 43-1-2 - Appointment and General Powers of Division Director; Members and Meetings of Professional Licensing Boards; Examination Standards; Roster of Licensees; Funding
  (a) (1) There is created within the office of the Secretary of State the professional licensing boards division as successor to the office of...
• § 43-1-3 - Duties of Division Director; Serving Notice or Process on Boards Through Division Director
  (a) It shall be the duty of the division director: (1) To bring together and keep all records relating to the professional licensing boards;...
• § 43-1-4 - Expiration, Renewal, and Penalty Dates of Licenses and Certificates; Duration of Validity; Renewals
  (a) The division director shall determine the expiration, renewal, and penalty dates for each license and certificate issued by the professional licensing boards through...
• § 43-1-5 - Investigators for Professional Licensing Boards
  Persons hired for the purpose of conducting investigations for the professional licensing boards shall be designated as investigators and any person so designated shall...
• § 43-1-6 - Venue of Actions Involving Professional Licensing Boards
  The venue of any action involving the members of any professional licensing board shall be governed by the laws of this state pertaining to...
• § 43-1-7 - Determination of Fees by Professional Licensing Boards; Refunds
  Each professional licensing board is authorized to charge an examination fee, license fee, license renewal fee, or similar fee and may establish the amount...
• § 43-1-8 - Disposition of Fees
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 43, effective February 3, 1984.
• § 43-1-9 - Point Credit for Veterans Taking Examinations Given by Professional Licensing Boards
  Any applicant taking an examination required by any professional licensing board except the Georgia Board of Nursing shall receive points in the following manner:...
• § 43-1-10 - Credit to Veteran's Grades When Examination Given in Parts or by Subject
  If an examination given by a professional licensing board is required in parts or by subjects and the applicant is required to make a...
• § 43-1-11 - Veteran's Examination to Be Graded Prior to Determination of Eligibility for Credit
  A person grading an examination required by a professional licensing board shall first grade the examination without reference to veteran credit, determining thereafter from...
• § 43-1-12 - Duty of Division Director to Inform Applicants of Availability of Veteran Credit; Rules and Regulations for Implementing Veteran Credit Program
  It shall be the duty of the division director to inform applicants taking the examination of the provisions of Code Sections 43-1-9 through 43-1-11...
• § 43-1-13 - Inapplicability of Veteran Credit Provisions to Applicants Who Were Not Honorably Discharged
  The provisions of Code Sections 43-1-9 through 43-1-12 relating to points to be allowed to veterans shall apply to any applicant, male or female,...
• § 43-1-14 - Authority of Governor to Appoint Qualified Persons to Professional Licensing Boards
  The Governor is authorized to appoint any person who is otherwise qualified as provided by law to serve as a member of any professional...
• § 43-1-15 - Itinerant Entertainers
  (a) All carnivals, road shows, and tent shows and all other itinerant entertainment not presented within any regularly licensed theater, auditorium, or other building...
• § 43-1-16 - Senate Confirmation of Appointments to Professional Licensing Boards
  Each person appointed by the Governor as a member of a professional licensing board shall be confirmed by the Senate; and any such appointment...
• § 43-1-17 - Removal From Office of Member of a Professional Licensing Board
  The Governor, after notice and opportunity for hearing, may remove from office any member of a professional licensing board for any of the following:...
• § 43-1-18 - Eligibility of Consumer Members of Professional Licensing Boards to Vote on All Matters
  Without affecting the eligibility to vote of any other member of a professional licensing board, each consumer member of a professional licensing board shall...
• § 43-1-19 - Grounds for Refusing to Grant or Revoking Licenses; Application of Administrative Procedure Act; Subpoena Powers; Disciplinary Actions; Judicial Review; Reinstatement; Investigations; Complaints; Notice; Failure to Appear; Voluntary Surrender; Application; Probationary License
  (a) A professional licensing board shall have the authority to refuse to grant a license to an applicant therefor or to revoke the license...
• § 43-1-19.1 - Waiver of Deductibles or Copayments in Health Insurance Plans; Deceptive or Misleading Advertising
  (a) For the purposes of applicable provisions of Code Section 43-1-19, it shall be considered a deceptive or misleading practice for any person duly...
• § 43-1-19.2 - License Applications to Include Questions on Prior Revocation or Denial of License
  Each application for a license to practice a profession or business to be issued by a professional licensing board or any agency of the...
• § 43-1-20 - Actions to Enjoin Unlicensed Practice
  A professional licensing board, the division director, or the appropriate prosecuting attorney may bring an action to enjoin the unlicensed practice by any person...
• § 43-1-20.1 - Cease and Desist Orders Against Persons Practicing Without a License; Fine for Violating Order
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the law to the contrary, after notice and hearing, a professional licensing board may issue a cease and...
• § 43-1-21 - Release of Information Regarding Investigations
  The division director is authorized to provide to any lawful licensing authority of this or any other state, upon inquiry by such authority, information...
• § 43-1-22 - Inactive Status Licenses
  The division director may provide for inactive status licenses for the various professional licensing boards.
• § 43-1-23 - Exemption of Licensees of Professional Licensing Boards From Filing With Clerk of Superior Court
  No licensee of a professional licensing board shall be required to file or record his license with the clerk of the superior court, and...
• § 43-1-24 - Licensed Professionals Subject to Regulation by Professional Licensing Board
  Any person licensed by a professional licensing board and who practices a "profession," as defined in Chapter 7 of Title 14, the "Georgia Professional...
• § 43-1-25 - Authority of Professional Licensing Boards to Promulgate Rules and Regulations
  Except as provided in subsection (o) of Code Section 43-1-19, Code Sections 43-1-16 through 43-1-24 shall apply to all professional licensing boards and licenses...
• § 43-1-26 - Exemption of Credentialed Persons From Licensure, Registration, or Certification in the State in Connection With the Olympic and Paralympic Games; Conditions and Limitations; Consent for Certain Medical Services; Automatic Repeal
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1994, p. 480, § 1, effective December 31, 1996.
• § 43-1-27 - Licensee Required to Notify Licensing Authority of Felony Conviction
  Any licensed individual who is convicted under the laws of this state, the United States, or any other state, territory, or country of a...
• § 43-1-28 - Volunteers in Health Care Specialties
  (a) This Code section shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Volunteers in Health Care Specialties Act."(b) As used in this...
• § 43-1-29 - Suspension of License for Nonpayment of Student Loans; Procedure; Reinstatement
  A professional licensing board shall suspend the license of a person licensed by that board who has been certified by a federal agency and...
• § 43-1-30 - Collection of Work Force and Demographic Data; Procedure for Collection and Utilization
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2002, p. 615, § 3, effective December 31, 2007.
• § 43-1-31 - Expiration of Professional Licenses of Service Members on Active Duty Outside of State
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "service member" means an active duty member of the regular or reserve component of the...
• § 43-1-32 - Limitations on Licensure Requirements for Physicians and Dentists; Conditioning of Licensing Upon Participation in Public or Private Health Insurance Plans Prohibited
  (a) State licensure requirements for physicians and dentists in this state shall be granted based on demonstrated skill and academic competence. Licensure approval for...
• § 43-1-33 - Identification by Health Care Practitioners to Patients With Regard to Their License; Short Title; Legislative Findings; Definitions; Requirements for Advertisements and Signage; Applicability; Violations
  (a) This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Consumer Information and Awareness Act."(b) The General Assembly hereby finds and declares...

Last modified: October 14, 2016