O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 43-34-198 (2019)

Application for license for persons currently practicing orthotics or prosthetics

✓ 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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(a) Until July 1, 2007, a person certified as an orthotist, prosthetist, or prosthetist orthotist by the American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics, Incorporated or the Board of Orthotist/ Prosthetist Certification, or holding similar certifications from other accrediting bodies with equivalent educational requirements and examination standards, may apply for and may be granted orthotic or prosthetic licensure under this article upon payment of the required fee. After that date, any applicant for licensure as an orthotist or a prosthetist shall meet the requirements of subsection (a) of Code Section 43-34-195.

(b) On and after July 1, 2007, no person shall practice orthotics or prosthetics in this state and hold himself or herself out as being able to practice such professions unless he or she is licensed in accordance with this article or is exempt from such licensing. A person who violates this subsection shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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History

Code 1981, § 43-34-198, enacted by Ga. L. 2002, p. 1273, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 1/HB 509.

Annotations

Code Commission notes. - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2002, Code Section 43-34-68, as enacted by Ga. L. 2002, p. 1273, § 1, was redesignated as Code Section 43-34-198; in subsection (a), a misspelling of ‘‘Orthotist/Prosthetist’’ was corrected and capitalization and

punctuation was revised and ‘‘Code Section 43-34-195’’ was substituted for ‘‘Code Section 43-34-65’’ at the end of the last sentence in subsection (a). Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2005, ‘‘July 1, 2007’’ was substituted for ‘‘one year after the date this article becomes effective’’ in the first sentences of subsections (a) and (b).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Fingerprinting not required. - Offense arising under O.C.G.A.

§ 43-34-198(b) does not require fingerprinting. 2002 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 2002-7.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2022–2022 · leading case: Hockaday v. Athens Orthopedic Clinic Pa (M.D. Ga. 2022).

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Hockaday v. Athens Orthopedic Clinic Pa (M.D. Ga. 2022). · cites it 2× “O.C.G.A. § 43-34-198(b). In 2007, AOC hired Ross Jones to provide orthotics services for patients.”

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Hockaday v. Athens Orthopedic Clinic Pa (M.D. Ga. 2022). “O.C.G.A. § 43-34-198(b). In 2007, AOC hired Ross Jones to provide orthotics services for patients.”

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