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O.C.G.A. § 43-44-17 — Effect on activities of employers acting under Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 | Georgia Code

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TITLE 43 PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES

Section 44. Speech-language Pathologists and Audiologists, 43-44-1 through 43-44-18.

ARTICLE 10 PAIN MANAGEMENT CLINIC

43-44-17. Effect on activities of employers acting under Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.

Nothing contained in this chapter shall limit or affect the activities of any employer or any person acting on behalf of any employer under the provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 or any standard promulgated pursuant to said act, including, without limitation, the performance of hearing tests by a technician as part of a workplace hearing conservation program, provided that the technician who performs audiometric tests shall be responsible to a licensed audiologist or physician.

(Code 1981, §43-44-18, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1602, § 1; Code 1981, §43-44-17, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2006, p. 1077, § 1/HB 1112.)

Editor's notes.

- The former Code section, concerning termination, was based on Ga. L. 1981, Ex. Sess. p. 8 (Code Enactment Act) and Ga. L. 1987, p. 1072, § 1. The version of this Code section in effect until 1987, concerning penalties and forfeiture of license upon conviction, was repealed by Ga. L. 1987, p. 1072, § 1, effective July 1, 1987 and was based on Ga. L. 1974, p. 1009, § 14. Similar provisions of law were enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 1072, § 1 as Code Section 43-44-16.

Ga. L. 2006, p. 1077, § 1, effective January 1, 2007, redesignated Code Section 43-44-18 as Code Section 43-44-17.

U.S. Code.

- The federal Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, referred to in this Code section, is found at 29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Who is "employer" for purposes of Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 USCA § 651 et seq.), 153 A.L.R. Fed. 303.

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