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title: O.C.G.A. § 31-11-31. Application for license.
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# O.C.G.A. § 31-11-31. Application for license.

An application for a license or provisional license shall be made to the license officer. The application shall be made upon forms prescribed by the license officer and shall contain the following:

(1) The name and address of the owner of the ambulance service or proposed ambulance service;

(2) The name under which the applicant is doing business or proposes to do business;

(3) The training and experience of the applicant in the transportation and care of patients;

(4) A description or photograph of each ambulance, including the make, model, year of manufacture, and motor and chassis number; and the color scheme, insignia, name, monogram, or other distinguishing characteristics to be used to designate the applicant’s ambulance or ambulances;

(5) A description or photograph of each air ambulance, including the color scheme, insignia, name, monogram, or other distinguishing characteristics, to be used to designate the applicant’s air ambulance or air ambulances;

(6) A description or photograph of each emergency organ transport vehicle, including the make, model, year of manufacture, and motor and chassis number; and the color scheme, insignia, name, monogram, or other distinguishing characteristics, to be used to designate the applicant’s emergency organ transport vehicle or emergency organ transport vehicles; and

(7) The location and description of the place or places from which the ambulance service is intended to operate.

## History

Code 1933, § 88-3103, enacted by Ga. L. 1972, p. 625, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1898, § 4; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 31; Ga. L. 1993, p. 468, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 97, § 31; Ga. L. 2003, p. 304, § 7; Ga. L. 2025, p. 286, § 5/SB 58, effective July 1, 2025.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2025, p. 286, § 1/SB 58, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Georgia Transporting Life-Saving Organs and Personnel Act.’”

## Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, redesignated former paragraphs (4.1) and (5) as present paragraphs (5) and (7), respectively; deleted “and” at the end of paragraph (5); and added paragraph (6).