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

O.C.G.A. § 43-26-2 (2019)

Legislative intent

✓ 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.
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The purpose of this article is to protect, promote, and preserve the public health, safety, and welfare through legislative regulation and control of registered professional nursing education and practice. This article ensures that any person practicing or offering to practice nursing or using the title registered professional nurse, as defined in this article, within the State of Georgia, shall be licensed as provided in this article.

History

Code 1981, § 43-26-2, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 747, § 1.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. For application of this statute in 2021,

see Executive Orders 01.22.21.07, 06.30.21.02, 07.22.21.02, 08.19.21.02, and 09.20.21.02.