O.C.G.A.

43-22A-7 (2019)

Requirements for application for licensure

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

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.

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section GA-LEGlegis.ga.gov (official) JustiaJustia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

Statute text

Except as provided in paragraph (4) of this Code section, each applicant for a license as a lactation consultant shall be at least 18 years of age, shall have submitted a completed application upon a form and in such manner as the Secretary prescribes, accompanied by applicable fees, and shall be in compliance with the following requirements:

(1) Meeting the international education and clinical standards established for IBCLCs by the IBLCE, or its successor organization;

(2) Providing proof of successful completion of the IBLCE examination or the examination of any successor organization;

(3) Having satisfactory results from a criminal background check report conducted by the Georgia Crime Information Center and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as determined by the Secretary. Application for a license under this Code section shall constitute express consent and authorization for the Secretary to perform a criminal background check. Each applicant who submits an application to the Secretary for licensure agrees to provide the Secretary with any and all information necessary to run a criminal background check, including, but not limited to, classifiable sets of fingerprints. The applicant shall be responsible for all fees associated with the performance of such background check; and

(4) Completing such other requirements as may be prescribed by the Secretary.

History

(Code 1981, § 43-22A-7, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 357, § 1/HB 649.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2020–2020 · leading case: Jackson v. Raffensperger, 843 S.E.2d 576 (Ga. 2020).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

Jackson v. Raffensperger, 843 S.E.2d 576 (Ga. 2020). · cites it 3× “4 See OCGA § 43-22A-7 (1), (2). The Act contains multiple exceptions to the licensing requirement.”

Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.