O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 43-44-16 (2019)

Penalties

✓ 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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Any person who practices speech-language pathology or audiology or who offers or pretends to practice or holds himself or herself out as eligible to practice speech-language pathology or audiology and who is not legally registered or licensed under this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Each day or fraction of a day that such person practices in violation of this article shall constitute a separate offense.

History

Code 1981, § 43-44-16, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 1072, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 43; Ga. L. 1994, p. 97, § 43; Ga. L. 2006, p. 1077, § 1/HB 1112; Ga. L. 2021, p. 690, § 4/HB 34. The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, substituted ‘‘this article’’ for ‘‘this chapter’’ twice in this Code section.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 1987, p. 1072, § 1, effective July 1, 1987, repealed the former Code section and enacted the present Code section. The former Code section, which dealt with injunctive actions to enforce the provisions of this chapter, was based on Ga. L. 1978, p. 1474, § 7.

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Fingerprinting of offenders not required. - Offense under O.C.G.A. § 43-44-16 is not one for which those

charged with a violation are to be fingerprinted. 2007 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 2007-1.