Georgia Code, Title 43, Chapter 11, Article 1 - General Provisions
- § 43-11-1 - Definitions
As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Accredited dental college" and "accredited dental school" or "accredited school of dentistry" means a dental school,...
- § 43-11-2 - Creation of and Composition of Board; Qualifications and Voting Rights of Members; Terms of Office; Vacancies; Enjoining Violations
(a) A board to be known as the Georgia Board of Dentistry is created. The board shall consist of 11 members to be appointed...
- § 43-11-2.1 - Administrative Transfer of Board to Department of Community Health; Appointment of Executive Director; Powers, Duties, and Functions of Executive Director; Location of Meetings and Hearings; Hiring of Investigators; General Provisions
(a) On and after July 1, 2013, the board shall not be under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of State but shall be a...
- § 43-11-3 - Election of Officers
The board shall elect from its members a president and such other officers as the board in its discretion may see fit.
- § 43-11-4 - Meetings
It shall be the duty of the board to meet annually at the close of the session of a majority of the dental colleges...
- § 43-11-5 - Duty of Members to Notify Executive Director of Address
Each member of the board, upon the receipt of his or her commission, shall file with the executive director his or her post office...
- § 43-11-6 - Expense and Mileage Allowances; Other Reimbursements
Each member of the board shall receive the expense allowance as provided by subsection (b) of Code Section 45-7-21 and the same mileage allowance...
- § 43-11-7 - Powers and Duties of Board
The board shall perform such duties and possess and exercise such powers, relative to the protection of the public health and the control and...
- § 43-11-8 - Board to Examine Applicants, Issue Licenses, Make Bylaws and Rules; Seal; Books and Records
Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2013, p. 192, § 2-6/HB 132, effective July 1, 2013.
- § 43-11-9 - Rules and Regulations Affecting Dental Hygienists, Dental Assistants, or Other Persons
In order to protect and promote the public health and welfare of the citizens of this state, the board shall prescribe by rule or...
- § 43-11-10 - Dental Specialties
The board is authorized to provide by rule or regulation for definitions of the several dental specialties.
- § 43-11-11 - Gathering of Census Data on Practicing Dentists and Dental Hygienists; Standard Form
(a) The board shall gather census data on each dentist and dental hygienist in this state. Such census data shall be obtained from each...
- § 43-11-12 - Public Inspection of Board Records; Nondisclosure of Confidential Records
It shall be the duty of the executive director to keep at his or her office the minutes of the board, together with all...
- § 43-11-13 - Service of Orders and Subpoenas of Board; Service of Notice or Process on Executive Director
(a) It shall be the duty of the several sheriffs, their deputies, and the constables to serve any and all lawful orders and subpoenas...
- § 43-11-14 - Enforcement of Orders and Subpoenas of Board; Contempt
The board shall have the power to enforce any and all of its lawful orders or subpoenas; to punish as for a contempt anyone...
- § 43-11-15 - Enforcement of Chapter
For the purpose of carrying out this chapter, the board is authorized to enforce this chapter by prosecution or otherwise and to authorize the...
- § 43-11-16 - Liability for Action of Peer Review Committee or Board
No dentist licensed under this chapter and acting or serving on a peer review committee or board or hospital review committee shall be liable...
- § 43-11-17 - Acts Which Constitute the Practice of Dentistry
(a) Except as expressly provided in this chapter, any person who performs any of the following procedures, operations, or services shall be regarded as...
- § 43-11-18 - Use of Full Names of Practitioners
All signs, cards, announcements, advertisements, or methods used to state or imply that dentistry may or will be done by anyone at any place...
- § 43-11-19 - Compliance With Chapter As Prerequisite to Collection of Fees for Services
No person who practices dentistry in this state shall be entitled to collect any fee or reward for his or her services without first...
- § 43-11-20 - Training and Affiliated Sites; Clinics; Licensure Examination
(a) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit accredited dental colleges or advanced dental education programs from maintaining on-campus training clinics and affiliated sites for...
- § 43-11-21 - Conscious Sedation
(a) No dentist licensed and practicing in the State of Georgia shall administer either single or multiple pharmacologic agents by oral, parenteral, enteral, transdermal,...
- § 43-11-21.1 - General Anesthesia
(a) No dentist shall administer general anesthesia on an outpatient basis unless such dentist has been issued a permit by the board under the...
- § 43-11-21.2 - Report of Morbidity or Mortality
(a) All dentists licensed to practice in Georgia shall submit a complete report to the board of any morbidity or mortality occurring in the...
- § 43-11-22 - Exceptions to Application of Chapter
This chapter shall not apply to physicians licensed in this state in extracting teeth or performing surgical operations. This chapter also shall not apply...
- § 43-11-23 - Termination
Repealed by Ga. L. 1992, p. 3137, § 11, effective July 1, 1992.
Last modified: October 14, 2016