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Title 43. PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES · Chapter 11. DENTISTS, DENTAL HYGIENISTS, AND DENTAL ASSISTANTS · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

43-11-12. Public inspection of board records; nondisclosure of confidential records.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. It shall be the duty of the executive director to keep at his or her office the minutes of the board, together with all the books and records of the board, which shall be public records open to inspection by the public except on Sundays and legal holidays. The following shall be treated as confidential and need not be disclosed without prior approval of the board:

  2. (1)

    Applications and other personal information submitted by applicants, except to the applicant, staff, and the board;#

  3. (2)

    Information, favorable or unfavorable, submitted by a reference source concerning an applicant, except to the staff and board;#

  4. (3)

    Examination questions and other examination materials, except to the staff and the board; and#

  5. (4)

    The deliberations of the board with respect to an application, an examination, a complaint, an investigation, or a disciplinary proceeding, except as may be contained in the official board minutes.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1920, p. 132, § 5; Code 1933, § 84-708; Ga. L. 1976, p. 484, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 234, § 6; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1706, § 19; Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 67/HB 24; Ga. L. 2013, p. 192, § 2-8/HB 132.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 101/HB 24, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that this Act shall apply to any motion made or hearing or trial commenced on or after January 1, 2013.

Cross references

Inspection of public records generally, § 50-18-70 et seq.

Law reviews

For article, “Evidence,” see 27 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 1 (2011). For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2011).

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t43-ch1-32-(v30)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volume V30, 2022 edition, pages 393 to 394; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 0e619b1f34e2.