TITLE 43 PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES

Section 3. Accountants, 43-3-1 through 43-3-38.

43-3-11. Certificate holder as "certified public accountant" or "public accountant".

Any individual who has received a certificate as a certified public accountant from the board and who holds a license may be styled and known as a "certified public accountant." Any certified public accountant may also be known as a "public accountant."

(Code 1933, § 84-212, enacted by Ga. L. 1935, p. 85, § 12; Code 1933, § 84-204, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 1063, § 1; Code 1981, §43-3-9; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1706, § 19; Code 1981, §43-3-11, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2014, p. 136, § 1-2/HB 291.)

The 2014 amendment, effective July 1, 2014, redesignated former Code Section 43-3-9 as present Code Section 43-3-11; in this Code section, in the first sentence, substituted "individual" for "person" and substituted "license" for "live permit", and deleted the former second sentence, which read: "The division director shall maintain a list of certified public accountants; and, for this purpose, the board may provide by regulation a procedure whereby all certified public accountants are required to register with the board periodically."