O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 34-9-48 (2019)

Designation of members as appellate administrative law judges

✓ 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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All members of the board are designated as appellate administrative law judges in the appellate division of the State Board of Workers’ Compensation for the purposes of serving as hearing officers and exercising judicial functions in the implementation of this chapter.

History

(Code 1933, § 114-701.14, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 198, § 6; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1679, § 6; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1942, § 8.)

Annotations

Law reviews. - For note on 1992 amendment of this Code section, see 9 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 285 (1992). JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. v. Richard, 141 Ga. App. 702, 234 S.E.2d 345

(1977); Binswanger Glass Co. v. Brooks, 160 Ga. App. 701, 288 S.E.2d 61 (1981).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Applicability of Code of Judicial Conduct. - Directors of the State Board of Workers’ Compensation are subject to the Code of Judicial Conduct when serv-

ing as hearing officers or exercising judicial functions. Op. Jud. Quals. Comm. No. 66 ( January 30, 1985).

RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. - 100 C.J.S., Workers’ Compensation, § 809 et seq., 821 et seq.