O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 43-1-1 (2019)

Definitions

✓ 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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As used in this title, the term:

(1) “Division” means the professional licensing boards division created under Code Section 43-1-2.

(2) “Division director” means the individual appointed by the Secretary of State as director of the professional licensing boards division within the office of the Secretary of State.

(3) “Professional licensing board” means any board, bureau, commission, or other agency of the executive branch of state government which is created for the purpose of licensing or otherwise regulating or controlling any profession, business, or trade and which is placed by law under the jurisdiction of the director of the professional licensing boards division within the office of the Secretary of State. Editor’s notes. This Code section was created as part of the Code revision and was thus enacted by Ga. L. 1981, Ex. Sess., p. 8 (Code Enactment Act). For application of this statute in 2021, see Executive Order 06.30.21.02.

History

Code 1981, § 43-1-1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1706, § 1.

Annotations

Cross references. State Water Well Standards Advisory Council, § 12-5-120 et seq. State Board of Registration for Foresters, § 12-6-40 et seq. State Board of Pharmacy, § 26-4-30 et seq.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1994–1996 · leading case: Seely v. Loyd H. Johnson Const. Co., Inc., 470 S.E.2d 283 (Ga. Ct. App. 1996).

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Seely v. Loyd H. Johnson Const. Co., Inc., 470 S.E.2d 283 (Ga. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 4× “This Board is a "state examining board" pursuant to OCGA § 43-1-1. Accordingly, it is clear under Gillis, supra, that the third-party complaints against R & R Plumbing are professional negligence actions within the meaning of OCGA § 9-11-9.”

Fender v. Adams Exterminators, Inc., 460 S.E.2d 528 (Ga. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 4× “See OCGA § 43-45-24, requiring a license issued by the State Structural Pest Control Commission and OCGA § 43-1-1, including the commission within the definition of "state examining board.”

Howard v. Miller, 870 F. Supp. 340 (N.D. Ga. 1994). · cites it 2× “O.C.G.A. § 43-1-1. As for Watry and Morgan, the court is persuaded that as de jure staff members of the Board they should share its entitlement to absolute immunity.”

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