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O.C.G.A. § 43-1-21 — Release of information regarding investigations | Georgia Code

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TITLE 43 PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES

Section 1. General Provisions, 43-1-1 through 43-1-33.

43-1-21. Release of information regarding investigations.

The division director is authorized to provide to any lawful licensing authority of this or any other state, upon inquiry by such authority, information regarding a past or pending investigation of or disciplinary sanction against any applicant for licensure by that board or licensee of that board notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (h) of Code Section 43-1-19 or any other law to the contrary regarding the confidentiality of that information. Nothing in this Code section or chapter shall be construed to prohibit or limit the authority of that director to disclose to any person or entity information concerning the existence of any investigation for unlicensed practice being conducted against any person who is neither licensed nor an applicant for licensure by a professional licensing board.

(Code 1981, §43-1-21, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 552, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 677, § 3; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1706, § 7.)

Code Commission notes.

- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2000, "professional licensing" was substituted for "state examining" in the last sentence.

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