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title: O.C.G.A. § 31-22-2. Certification requirement.
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# O.C.G.A. § 31-22-2. Certification requirement.

No clinical laboratory shall be operated in this state unless it is certified.

## History

Ga. L. 1970, p. 531, § 4; Ga. L. 1975, p. 737, § 2; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1081, §§ 3, 4, 8, 9; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-4/HB 228; Ga. L. 2010, p. 838, § 10/SB 388; Ga. L. 2021, p. 472, § 1/HB 93.