O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 31-44-11 (2019)

Authority of department to deal with violations of this chapter or rules adopted thereunder

✓ 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) The department is authorized to issue, deny, suspend, or revoke a license issued under this chapter for a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter, or take other disciplinary actions against licensees as provided in Code Section 31-2-8.

(b) The denial, suspension, or revocation of a license by the department shall be a contested case for purposes of Chapter 13 of Title 50, the ‘‘Georgia Administrative Procedure Act.’’

History

Code 1981, § 31-44-11, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 526, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-9/HB 228; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 4-7/HB 214.

Annotations

Code Commission notes. - Ga. L. 2000, p. 126, § 1, Ga. L. 2000, p. 526, § 1, and Ga. L. 2000, p. 549, § 3 all enacted a Chapter 43 of Title 31. Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2000, the chapter enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 526, § 1 has been redesignated as Chapter 44 of Title 31 and the Code sections therein redesignated

accordingly. The chapter enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 549, § 3 has been redesignated as Chapter 45 of Title 31 and the Code sections therein redesignated accordingly. Editor’s notes. - For information as to the elimination of a certain future repeal or ‘‘sunset’’ of this Code section, see the Editor’s notes at the beginning of this chapter.

Law reviews. - For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 147 (2011).