Title 43

Dental assistants shall perform their duties only under the direct, personal supervision of a licensed dentist. No dental assistant shall practice dentistry, dental hygiene, or do any kind of dental work other than those acts, services, procedures, and practices prescribed by rul…

This article shall not apply to licensed dentists or dental hygienists, nor shall this article apply to physicians licensed in this state in extracting teeth or performing surgical operations and in charging therefor or to accredited schools of dentistry. History. Code 1981, § 43…

INDEX RULES AND REGULATIONS —Cont’d Engineers. Board of registration for professional engineers and land surveyors, §§43-15-4, 43-15-6. Funeral directors and embalmers. Board of funeral service, §43-18-23. Ignition interlock device provider centers. Authority of commissioner, §43…

Georgia Board of Dentistry; members; qualifications; terms; voting; powers. Board authority; appointment, powers, and duties of executive director; meetings. Election of officers. Meetings. Address of board members. Expense and mileage allowances; other reimbursements. Powers and …

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Dietetics Practice Act.” History. Code 1981, § 43-11A-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1377, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 971, § 1.

A provisional permit to practice as a provisionally licensed dietitian under the supervision of a dietitian may be issued by the board upon the filing of an application with appropriate fees and submission of evidence of successful completion of a substantial portion of the requir…

Purpose of chapter. Definitions. Creation of Georgia Board of Examiners of Licensed Dietitians. Qualifications, appointment, and removal of board members. Election of officers; meetings of board. Powers of board. Grant of license without examination. Eligibility for license. Provis…

After evaluation of an application and other evidence submitted, the board shall notify each applicant that the application and evidence submitted are satisfactory and accepted or unsatisfactory and rejected. If rejected, the notice shall state the reasons for the rejection. Hist…

(a) Examinations to determine competence shall be administered to qualified applicants at least twice each calendar year. The examinations may be administered by a national testing service. The board shall prescribe or develop the examinations which may include an examination give…

(a) A license issued by the board is the property of the board and must be surrendered on demand. (b) The licensee shall display the license certificate in an appropriate and public manner. (c) The licensee shall inform the board of any change of address. (d) The license shall be …

The board may refuse to grant or renew a license to an applicant; administer a public or private reprimand, but a private reprimand shall not be disclosed to any person except the licensee; suspend any licensee for a definite period or for an indefinite period in connection with an…

(a) Only a person licensed or otherwise authorized to practice under this chapter shall be engaged in dietetic practice or use the title “dietitian” or use the letters “LD” or any facsimile thereof or represent himself or herself to the public as a dietitian. (b) Notwithstanding …

Board of registration for professional engineers and land surveyors. Applicability of act, §43-15-28. Hearing aid dealers and dispensers. Contested cases under provisions. Applicability of act, §43-20-17. Landscape architects. Applicability of act to board,

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect or prevent: (1) A student enrolled in an approved academic program in dietetics from engaging in the practice of dietetics under the supervision of a dietitian; or a dietetic technician, certified dietary manager, or dietetic ai…

A person who does not meet the requirements for licensure under this chapter but who has been employed as a nutritionist under the state or a county merit system for at least five years prior to July 1, 1993, and who makes application for licensure as a dietitian prior to July 1, …

The General Assembly acknowledges that the application of scientific knowledge relating to nutrition is important in the treatment of disease and in the attainment and maintenance of health; and acknowledges further that the rendering of sound dietetic or nutrition services in hos…

As used in this chapter, the term: (1) “Advertise” means, but is not limited to, the issuing of or causing to be distributed any card, sign, or other device or the causing or permitting any sign or marking on or in any building or structure or in any newspaper, magazine, or direc…

(a) There is created the Georgia Board of Examiners of Licensed Dietitians. The board shall consist of seven members as follows: (1) Six members shall be dietitians with at least one member from each of the following areas of dietetic practice: clinical dietetics; community or pu…

(a) Professional members of the board shall: (1) Be citizens of the United States and residents of this state; (2) Have engaged in the dietetic practice for compensation for not less than five years; and (3) Be licensed under this chapter. (b) Consumer members of the board shall b…

The board shall meet annually and shall elect from its members a chairperson, vice chairperson, and any other officers as deemed necessary who shall hold office according to the rules adopted by the board. In addition to its annual meeting, the board shall hold at least two other…

This board shall have the power to: (1) Enforce the provisions of this chapter, and it shall be granted all of the necessary duties, powers, and authority to carry out this responsibility; (2) Draft, adopt, amend, repeal, and enforce such rules as it deems necessary for the admin…

The board may grant, upon application and payment of proper fees, a license without examination to a person who, at the time of application, either: (1) Holds a valid license as a licensed dietitian issued by another state, political territory, or jurisdiction acceptable to the b…

Each applicant for a license as a dietitian shall be at least 18 years of age, shall have submitted a completed application upon a form and in such manner as the board prescribes, accompanied by applicable fees, and shall be in compliance with the following requirements: (1) Rece…

Subject to the limitations provided in this chapter, the following classes of persons may peddle, conduct business, or practice the professions and semiprofessions in any county or municipality in this state without paying an occupation tax, administrative fee, or regulatory fee …

(a) No person shall be entitled to an exemption from occupation taxes, administrative fees, or regulatory fees which would otherwise be required to peddle, conduct business, or practice the professions or semiprofessions under this chapter until it has been made to appear to the …

All persons within the groups enumerated in Code Section 43-12-1 seeking a certificate of exemption from the payment of occupation taxes, administrative fees, or regulatory fees for peddling, conducting a business, or practicing a profession or semiprofession must first make applic…

All persons eligible for a certificate of exemption to be issued by the commissioner of veterans service shall state in their application filed with the commissioner of veterans service the kind of business to be operated and the place where such business is proposed to be carried …

The certificates of eligibility issued by any of the judges of the probate courts of this state shall be prima-facie evidence of the right of the holder thereof to a certificate of exemption to be issued by the commissioner of veterans service. However, the commissioner of veterans…

The commissioner of veterans service may cancel or suspend certificates of exemption at any time when it shall appear that the holder has become physically or financially ineligible to claim the exemption, that the certificate of exemption was procured through fraud or mistake, or t…

The commissioner of veterans service, upon request of the mayor or other executive officer of any municipality of this state, shall furnish such municipality with information as to the payment of income taxes by applicants for exemption under this chapter. History. Ga. L. 1943, p…

No person qualifying for a certificate of exemption under this chapter shall be licensed to peddle any item, conduct any business, or practice any profession or semiprofession which is prohibited by law. No person shall be licensed under this chapter to deal in or peddle intoxicat…

No person receiving a certificate of exemption from the commissioner of veterans service shall allow the use of his or her name or the use of his or her certificate by any other person for carrying on any business or profession in this state for the purpose of avoiding any tax levi…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Ignition Interlock Device Providers Act.” History. Code 1981, § 43-12A-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 439, § 1/HB 276.

As used in this chapter, the term: (1) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of driver services. (2) “Department” means the Department of Driver Services acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents. (3) “Ignition interlock device” means a constant monitorin…

No person shall operate a provider center or engage in the practice of providing, installing, or monitoring ignition interlock devices unless a license therefor has been secured from the department. History. Code 1981, § 43-12A-3, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 439, § 1/HB 276.

(a) Every person who desires to operate a provider center shall meet the following requirements: (1) Maintain an established place of business in the state which is open to the public; (2) Maintain a general liability policy of insurance, including products and completed operatio…

(a) No provider center shall be permitted to use, adopt, or conduct any business under any name that is like or deceptively similar to any name of a Georgia corporation registered with the Secretary of State. (b) This Code section shall not prohibit the franchising or licensing o…

Every person who desires to operate a provider center or to engage in the practice of providing, installing, or monitoring ignition interlock devices: (1) Shall not have knowingly made misleading, deceptive, untrue, or fraudulent representations in the practice of a business or p…

(a) The department shall issue a license certificate to each provider center operator when such person has met the qualifications required under this chapter. Each provider center shall be required to have a separate license for each location, but mobile units operating out of a pa…

The department may cancel, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew any provider center’s license upon good cause being shown and after ten days’ notice to the license holder if: (1) The department is satisfied that the licensee fails to meet the requirements to receive or hold a licen…

(a) The commissioner is authorized to prescribe, by rule, standards for the eligibility, conduct, and equipment required for a person to be licensed to operate a provider center and to adopt other reasonable rules and regulations to carry out this chapter. Notwithstanding the for…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as “The Driver Training School and Commercial Driver Training School License Act.” History. Ga. L. 1968, p. 436, § 11; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 43; Ga. L. 2003, p. 796, § 9.

(a) This chapter shall not apply to a college conducting a driver or commercial driver training course; nor shall it apply to driver improvement schools operated by the state or by a county or municipality. (b) Any public or private secondary school or private postsecondary schoo…

Cancellation, suspension, revocation, or nonrenewal of licenses. Notification in change of ownership for driver training school and other related programs. Rules and regulations; penalties; judicial review; judgments. Disposition of funds. Exceptions to operation of chapter. Penal…

(a) As used in this chapter, the term: (1) “Commercial driver training school,” except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, means any person, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation giving driving instruction for hire to ten or more persons per calen…

No person shall operate a driver training school, operate a commercial driver training school, or engage in the business of giving instruction for hire to ten or more persons per calendar year in the driving of motor vehicles or in the preparation of an applicant for examination …