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O.C.G.A. § 43-11-12 — Public inspection of board records; nondisclosure of confidential records | Georgia Code
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TITLE 43 PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES

Section 11. Dentists, Dental Hygienists, and Dental Assistants, 43-11-1 through 43-11-82.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

43-11-12. Public inspection of board records; nondisclosure of confidential records.

It shall be the duty of the executive director to keep at his or her office the minutes of the board, together with all the books and records of the board, which shall be public records open to inspection by the public except on Sundays and legal holidays. The following shall be treated as confidential and need not be disclosed without prior approval of the board:

  1. Applications and other personal information submitted by applicants, except to the applicant, staff, and the board;
  2. Information, favorable or unfavorable, submitted by a reference source concerning an applicant, except to the staff and board;
  3. Examination questions and other examination materials, except to the staff and the board; and
  4. The deliberations of the board with respect to an application, an examination, a complaint, an investigation, or a disciplinary proceeding, except as may be contained in the official board minutes.

(Ga. L. 1920, p. 132, § 5; Code 1933, § 84-708; Ga. L. 1976, p. 484, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 234, § 6; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1706, § 19; Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 67/HB 24; Ga. L. 2013, p. 192, § 2-8/HB 132.)

Cross references.

- Inspection of public records generally, § 50-18-70 et seq.

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 101, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that this Act shall apply to any motion made or hearing or trial commenced on or after January 1, 2013.

Law reviews.

- For article, "Evidence," see 27 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2011). For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2011).

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