O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 43-1-5 (2019)

Investigators for professional licensing boards

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Persons hired for the purpose of conducting investigations for the professional licensing boards shall be designated as investigators and any person so designated shall have all the powers of a peace officer of this state when engaged in the enforcement of this title or of any of the laws creating or related to the professional licensing boards. Such investigators shall be authorized, upon the written approval of the division director, notwithstanding Code Sections 16-11-126 and 16-11129, to carry firearms.

History

Code 1933, § 84-105, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 412, § 2; Ga. L. 1984, p. 704, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 381, § 2; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1706, § 4; Ga. L. 2010, p. 266, § 8/SB 195; Ga. L. 2010, p. 963, § 2-17/SB 308.

Annotations

Cross references. - Employment and training of peace officers generally, T. 35, C. 8.

Cease and desist order violations, § 43-14-12.1.

Code Commission notes. - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2010, the designation "(a)" was deleted from the beginning of this Code section.

Editor's notes. - Ga. L. 2010, p. 963, § 3-1/SB 308, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that the amendment of this Code section shall apply to all offenses committed on and after June 4, 2010, and shall not affect any prosecutions for acts occurring before June 4, 2010, and shall not act as an abatement of any such prosecution.

Law reviews. - For article, "Crimes and Offenses," see 27 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 131 (2011).