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title: O.C.G.A. § 31-26-6. Enforcement.
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# O.C.G.A. § 31-26-6. Enforcement.

The department and county boards of health and their duly authorized agents are authorized and empowered to enforce compliance with this chapter and rules and regulations adopted and promulgated under this chapter, as provided in Article 1 of Chapter 5 of this title.

## History

Ga. L. 1955, p. 252, § 10; Code 1933, § 88-1409, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 31.