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# O.C.G.A. § 31-13-12. License or registration required.

It shall be unlawful for any person to use, manufacture, assemble, distribute, produce, transport, receive, acquire, own, or possess any source of radiation required to be licensed or registered under this chapter unless licensed by or registered with the Department of Natural Resources or the Department of Community Health, respectively, in accordance with this chapter and rules and regulations adopted and promulgated pursuant to this chapter.

## History

Code 1933, § 88-1312, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1973, p. 920, § 6; Code 1981, § 31-13-14; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1670, § 6; Code 1981, § 31-13-12, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1990, p. 711, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-4/HB 228.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 1990, p. 711, § 1, repealed former Code Section 31-13-12, concerning prohibited uses of radiation sources, which was based on Ga. L. 1973, p. 920, § 6, and redesignated former Code Section 31-13-14 as present Code Section 31-13-12.