TITLE 43
PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES
Section 34. Physicians, Acupuncture, Physician Assistants, Cancer and Glaucoma Treatment, Respiratory Care, Clinical Perfusionists, and Orthotics and Prosthetics Practice, 43-34-1 through 43-34-290.
ARTICLE 8
ORTHOTICS AND PROSTHETICS PRACTICE
43-34-202. Reciprocal licensure requirements.
The board may, at its discretion, license as an orthotist or prosthetist, without examination and on payment of the required fee, an applicant who is an orthotist or prosthetist and is:
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Licensed under the laws of another state, territory, or country, if the requirements for licensure in that state, territory, or country in which the applicant is licensed were, at the date of his or her licensure, equal to or more stringent than the requirements in force in this state on that date; or
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Certified as an orthotist or prosthetist by a national certifying organization that is accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies and has educational and testing standards equal to or more stringent than the licensing requirements of this state.
(Code 1981, §43-34-202, enacted by Ga. L. 2002, p. 1273, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 1/HB 509.)
Code Commission notes.
- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2002, Code Section 43-34-72, as enacted by Ga. L. 2002, p. 1273,
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1, was redesignated as Code Section 43-34-202.
