Title 43

Opticians. Prohibited acts, §43-29-16. RECEIVERS. Charitable solicitations. Prohibited acts. Civil sanctions, §43-17-13. Real estate brokers and salespersons. Violations involving real estate accounts. Appointment of receiver, §43-40-21. RECIPROCITY. Accountants. Certified public …

(a) There is established within the commission the office of real estate commissioner. (b) The commissioner shall be a full-time employee of the commission and shall serve as the chief executive officer of the commission. The commission shall in its discretion appoint the commiss…

The real estate license of the real estate commissioner and all other employees of the commission who are licensed by the commission shall be on inactive status during the time of their employment with the commission. The commissioner or such employees will not be required to pay…

(a) The commission shall adopt a seal, which may be either an engraved or ink stamp seal, with the words ‘‘State Real Estate Commission, State of Georgia,’’ and such other device as the commission may desire included thereon, by which it shall authenticate the acts of the commiss…

(a) Any person desiring to act as a real estate licensee must file an application for a license with the commission. All original and subsequent applications filed with the commission shall be in such form and detail as the commission shall prescribe, setting forth the following: (…

(a) In order to qualify to become an applicant for a community association manager’s license, an individual shall: (1) Have attained the age of 18 years; (2) Be a resident of the State of Georgia, unless that person has fully complied with the provisions of Code Section 43-40-9; …

(a) A nonresident holding a license on July 1, 1991, shall not be required to meet the requirements of this Code section in order to continue to hold a license unless such nonresident allows that license to lapse or applies for a different type of license. (b) The commission may …

It is the intent of the General Assembly, in the interest of public health, safety, and welfare, to safeguard homeowners, other property owners, tenants, and the general public against faulty, inadequate, inefficient, and unsafe residential and general contractors. The practice o…

(a) In addition to the powers and authorities conferred upon the board and its divisions pursuant to Chapter 1 of this title, the residential contractor division and the general contractor division shall have the power, respectively, to reprimand any person or licensee, or to sus…

The issuance of a license by the residential contractor or the general contractor division shall be evidence that the person named therein, including both the individual licensee and any business organization for whom such licensee is a qualifying agent, is entitled to all the ri…

(a) Any person, whether an individual or a business organization, who: (1) Contracts for or bids upon or engages in the construction of any of the projects or works enumerated in the definitions of residential contractor or general contractor in Code Section 43-41-2 without having…

Whenever it appears to the board or either division of the board that any person, whether an individual or a business organization, or both, is violating any of the provisions of this chapter or of the rules and regulations of the board or either division promulgated under this c…

(a) Any person, whether an individual or a business organization acting through a qualifying agent, intending to perform work as a residential or general contractor, upon making application to the building inspector or such other authority of any incorporated municipality or coun…

If an incomplete contract exists at the time of death of a residential or general contractor, where the licensed contractor performing the work under such contract is an individual person and not a business organization acting through a qualifying agent for such organization, the…

(a) The board shall have the authority to refuse to grant a license to an applicant or to revoke the license of a person licensed by the board or to discipline a person licensed by the board upon a finding by a majority of the board that the applicant or licensee has committed any…

(a) The licensing requirements imposed by this chapter and the sanctions and consequences relating thereto shall not become effective and enforceable until July 1, 2008. On and after such date, no person, whether an individual or a business organization, shall have the right to e…

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) ‘‘Discharge’’ means an honorable discharge or a general discharge from active military service. Such term shall not mean a discharge under other than honorable conditions, a bad conduct discharge, or a dishonorable discharge. (2) ‘‘…

As used in this chapter, the term: (1) ‘‘Board’’ means the State Licensing Board for Residential and General Contractors. (2) ‘‘Business organization’’ means any partnership, corporation, limited liability entity, business trust, joint venture, or other legal entity, other than a…

(a) There is created the State Licensing Board for Residential and General Contractors consisting of 15 members appointed by the Governor for five-year terms. The board shall be assigned to the Secretary of State’s office for administrative purposes and shall be under the jurisdic…

(a) The initial members of the board shall be appointed no later than July 1, 2005. The fifteenth member of the board shall be appointed not later than July 1, 2007. The board shall meet within 30 days after its appointment at a time and place to be designated by the Governor and …

(a) The board shall meet at least twice each year for the purpose of transacting such business as may properly come before it and of overseeing the operation of its divisions. (b) The board and its divisions shall have the power to: (1) Request from the various departments, agenc…

(a) Anyone seeking to be licensed as a residential contractor or as a general contractor in this state shall file an application on a form provided by the residential contractor or general contractor division, respectively, accompanied by an application fee as provided by the boar…

A licensed residential contractor and any affiliated entities shall offer a written warranty in connection with each contract to construct, or superintend or manage the construction of, any single-family residence where the total value of the work or activity or the compensation …

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, the following persons desiring to qualify for a residential contractor license or a general contractor license under the provisions of this chapter, either individually or as a qualifying agent, shall be eli…

(a) If an individual applicant proposes to engage in residential or general contracting in the individual’s own name or a trade name where the individual is doing business as a sole proprietorship, the license shall be issued only to that individual. Where an applicant under this…

As used in this chapter, the term: (1) ‘‘Licensed seller’’ means any person, firm, or corporation licensed by a state board of registration in this state for salvage dealers, dismantlers, or rebuilders which may be in existence as of July 1, 1981, or which may be created thereafte…

(a) Every scrap metal processor shall maintain records which shall contain in legible English the following information: (1) For all purchases of vehicles or scrap vehicles from licensed sellers: (A) The date of purchase; (B) The name of the seller; (C) A general description of t…

Should a scrap metal processor be presented the certificate of title or vehicle license plate for any vehicle or scrap vehicle purchased, that scrap metal processor shall mail or deliver the same to the Department of Revenue as required by law. In lieu of a certificate of title, an…

Board of veterinary medicine. Powers. Liberal construction, §43-50-21. INTERSTATE COMPACTS. Audiology and speech-language pathology interstate compact act, §§43-44-30, 43-44-31. Nurse licensure compact, §§43-26-60 to 43-26-64. INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT ACT. Generally, …

Any scrap metal processor or his agent who: (1) Fails to make an entry of any material matter in his records; (2) Makes any false entry therein; (3) Falsifies, obliterates, destroys, or removes from his place of business such records; (4) Refuses to allow any duly authorized law e…

As used in this chapter, the term: (1) ‘‘Base area lift’’ means a passenger tramway to gain access to some other part of the ski area. (2) ‘‘Competitor’’ means a skier engaging in competition or preparing for competition on a slope or trail designated by the ski area or used by t…

(a) No passenger shall use a passenger tramway if the passenger does not have sufficient knowledge, ability, or physical dexterity to negotiate or use the facility safely unless and until the passenger has asked for and received information sufficient to enable the passenger to u…

(a) Each ski area operator shall maintain a sign system with information for the instruction of passengers and skiers. Signs must be in English and visible in conditions of ordinary visibility and, where applicable, lighted for nighttime passengers. Without limitation, the signs …

(a) The ski area operator shall post and maintain signs that contain the following warning notice: ‘‘WARNING: Under Georgia law, every skier accepts the risk of any injury or death and damage to property resulting from any of the inherent dangers or risks of skiing. The inherent …

(a) Any motorized snow grooming vehicle shall be equipped with at least a flashing or rotating light which shall be in operation whenever the vehicle is being operated on a ski slope or trail. (b) While snow grooming vehicles are being used to maintain or groom any ski slope or tr…

Each ski area operator, upon finding a person skiing in violation of any posted regulations governing skiing conduct, may revoke that person’s skiing privileges. This Code section shall not in any way be construed to create an affirmative duty on the part of the ski area operator …

Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding: (1) Each individual skier has the responsibility for knowing the range of his or her own ability to negotiate any ski slope or trail or any portion thereof and must ski within the limits of his or her ability. Each skier…

(a) Any competitor may, before the start of any formal or sanctioned skiing competition, make a visual inspection of the designated course where the competition is to be held. (b) Competitors shall be held to accept any and all risks of injury or death that result from course con…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the ‘‘Georgia State Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Licensing Act.’’ History. — Ga. L. 1974, p. 1009, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1072, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 1077, § 1/HB 1112; Ga. L. 2021, p. 690, § 4/HB 34. The 2021 amendment, eff…

An applicant who meets the requirements for licensure as provided by this article and has paid the requisite fee or fees shall be licensed by the board as a speech-language pathologist, audiologist, or both. History. — Ga. L. 1974, p. 1009, § 13; Ga. L. 1981, p. 668, § 6; Ga. L. …

(a) The board shall issue a certificate to each person whom it licenses as a speech-language pathologist, audiologist, or both. Licensure shall be granted independently in either speech-language pathology or audiology. Qualified applicants may be independently licensed in both area…

Licensees may advertise their services, but such advertising shall be subject to regulation by the board. History. — Ga. L. 1981, p. 668, § 7; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1072, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 1077, § 1/HB 1112.

The investigatory authority and disciplinary authority of the board shall be as provided in Code Section 43-1-19. History. — Code 1981, § 43-44-13, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 1072, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 1077, § 1/HB 1112.

Chapter 13 of Title 50, the ‘‘Georgia Administrative Procedure Act,’’ applies to and governs all administrative action taken by the board. History. — Ga. L. 1974, p. 1009, § 11; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1072, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 1077, § 1/HB 1112.

Nothing contained in any other law shall prevent a person who is qualified under this article from engaging in the practice for which he or she is licensed under this article. History. — Ga. L. 1974, p. 1009, § 12; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1072, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 1077, § 1/HB 1112; Ga. …

Any person who practices speech-language pathology or audiology or who offers or pretends to practice or holds himself or herself out as eligible to practice speech-language pathology or audiology and who is not legally registered or licensed under this article shall be guilty of…