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2018 Georgia Code 43-15-18 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 43 PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES

Section 15. Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, 43-15-1 through 43-15-31.

ARTICLE 4 DENTAL ASSISTANTS

43-15-18. Effect of certificate of registration or license.

  1. In the case of a professional engineer, the certificate of registration shall authorize the practice of professional engineering. In the case of a professional land surveyor, the license shall authorize the practice of land surveying. A certificate of registration or license shall show the full name of the registrant or licensee, shall have a serial number, and shall be signed by the chairman of the board and the division director under the seal of the board.
  2. The issuance of a certificate of registration or license by the board shall be evidence that the individual named therein is entitled to all the rights and privileges of a professional engineer or a professional land surveyor, as the case may be, as long as the certificate or license remains unrevoked, unexpired, or unaffected by other discipline imposed by the board.

(Code 1933, § 84-2120, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 1048, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1706, § 19; Ga. L. 2018, p. 583, § 1/SB 425.)

The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, inserted "or license" throughout this Code section, deleted "registered" preceding "professional engineer" near the beginning of the first sentence of subsection (a) and once in subsection (b); in subsection (a), substituted "professional land surveyor, the license" for "registered land surveyor, the certificate of registration" in the second sentence and inserted "or licensee" in the third sentence; and substituted "individual" for "person" and substituted "professional land surveyor" for "registered land surveyor" in the middle of subsection (b).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Lanier at McEver, L.P. v. Planners & Eng'rs Collaborative, Inc., 284 Ga. 204, 663 S.E.2d 240 (2008).

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 43-15-18

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McEver v. Planners & Engineers Collaborative, Inc., 663 S.E.2d 240 (Ga. 2008).

Cited 35 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jun 30, 2008 | 284 Ga. 204, 2008 Fulton County D. Rep. 2124

...rs of engineering experience, and passing a written examination. OCGA §§ 43-15-8 and 43-15-9. Only engineers certified by the Georgia Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors may engage in the practice of "professional engineering" (OCGA § 43-15-18), and they must adhere to rules of professional conduct promulgated by the Board, including practicing in "a manner as to protect the safety, health and welfare of the public." Thus, professional engineers are very much like physicians an...