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

O.C.G.A. § 43-26-31 (2019)

Purpose of article

✓ 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 regulation and control of practical nursing education and practice. This article ensures that any person practicing or offering to practice practical nursing or using the title “Licensed Practical Nurse,” as defined in this article, within the State of Georgia, shall be licensed as provided in this article.

History

Code 1981, § 43-26-31, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2151, § 1. Administrative rules and regulations. Licensed Practical Nursing Education

Programs, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of Georgia Board of Nursing, Chapter 410-9.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Editor’s notes. - In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, opinions under Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 373, § 11 are included in annotations for this Code section.

Board of Examiners cannot change statutory provisions as to qualifications of licensed practical nurses. 1970 Op. Att’y Gen. No. U70-15 (decided under Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 333, § 11).