O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 12-6-56 (2019)

Licenses - Expiration and renewal generally; continuing forestry education requirement

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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(a) Licenses shall be valid for up to two years and shall be renewable biennially on the renewal date established by the division director of the professional licensing boards division, as provided in Chapter 1 of Title 43.

(b) The board shall require persons who are licensed under this part to complete not less than six hours and not more than 20 hours of continuing forestry education as a condition of license renewal. The board shall be authorized to approve continuing forestry education courses offered by professional organizations, institutions of higher

FOREST RESOURCES & OTHER PLANT LIFE learning, qualified individuals, or specialty societies. In addition, the board shall be authorized to approve credit for meetings, presentations, or other activities considered by the board to be a form of continuing education.

(c) The board shall be authorized to waive the continuing forestry education requirement in cases of hardship or illness.

(d) The board shall be authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to ensure compliance with the requirements of this Code section.

History

Ga. L. 1951, p. 581, § 16; Ga. L. 1956, p. 691, § 2; Ga. L. 1957, p. 169, § 1; Ga. L. 1958, p. 656, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 352, § 2; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1706, § 20.

Annotations

Cross references. - Duties of the division director generally, T. 43, C. 1. Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 1989, p. 352,

§ 3, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: ‘‘This Act shall become effective January 1, 1990, and the continuing education requirements imposed by this Act shall apply for those persons who are applying for renewal of licenses which expire on or after December 31, 1991.’’

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 51 Am. Jur. 2d, Licenses and Permits, § 56 et seq.

C.J.S. - 53 C.J.S., Licenses, §§ 59, 60.