O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 25-7-7 (2019)

Georgia Fire Academy training programs

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

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Subject to the rules and regulations prescribed by the Board of Public Safety, the training program of the academy shall be made available to all firefighters and may also be made available to other persons who evidence interest in entering the fire-fighting profession. The board is authorized to prescribe fees to cover all or a part of the cost of furnishing the training, under such rules and regulations as the board shall prescribe. The state, municipalities, and counties are authorized to expend funds for the purpose of paying such fees. The board is given full authority to decide who shall be allowed to enroll in the training program of the academy.

History

Ga. L. 1976, p. 1725, § 7.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Board of Public Safety is authorized to provide firefighting training to employees of firefighting organization. - Board of the Georgia Fire Academy (now Board of Public Safety) is autho-

rized to provide firefighting training to employees of a private, profit-making firefighting organization and to prescribe fees to cover all or a part of the cost of such training. 1979 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 79-43.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1994–1994 · leading case: Harrell v. Lusk, 439 S.E.2d 896 (Ga. 1994).

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Harrell v. Lusk, 439 S.E.2d 896 (Ga. 1994). · cites it 4× “1 because, although the legislature has recognized that teaching is a profession, OCGA § 20-2-791, teachers are certified, not licensed, OCGA § 20-2-200, and, unlike certified public accountants, are not expressly listed among the professions in OCGA § 14-7-2 (2).”

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