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

O.C.G.A. § 43-20-15 (2019)

Continuing education requirement

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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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(a) As a prerequisite for the renewal of a dispenser’s license on or before December 31, 2015, the individual must provide proof to the board that such individual has successfully completed 14 hours of continuing education in a program approved by the board.

(b) As a prerequisite for the renewal of a dispenser’s license on or after January 1, 2016, the individual must provide proof to the board that such individual has successfully completed 20 hours of continuing education in a program approved by the board.

(c) The board may promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the continuing education requirement.

History

Code 1933, § 84-5613, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1728, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1119, § 4; Ga. L. 1994, p. 1715, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1326, § 3/HB 232. Administrative rules and regulations. Continuing education, Official Compila-

tion of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia State Board of Hearing Aid Dealers and Dispensers, Chapter 276-10.

Annotations

The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, substituted the present provisions of this Code section for the former provisions, which read: "As a prerequisite for the renewal of a dispenser's license, the dispenser must provide proof to the board that the dispenser has successfully completed 14 hours of continuing education in a program approved by the board. The board may promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the continuing education requirement."

Administrative Rules and Regulations. - Continuing education, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia State Board of Hearing Aid Dealers and Dispensers, Chapter 276-10.