---
title: O.C.G.A. § 43-11-22. Exceptions to application of chapter.
collection: code
id: 43-11-22
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 43-11-22 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-22
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-22.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-22/text
source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t43-ch1-32-(v30)-2022-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=921d056f_0#page=406
date: 2025
status: active
corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68
license: CC0-1.0
publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-21.2.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-23.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
version: the only printed version
in_force: true
current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly
heading_path: PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES / DENTISTS, DENTAL HYGIENISTS, AND DENTAL ASSISTANTS / GENERAL PROVISIONS
---

# O.C.G.A. § 43-11-22. Exceptions to application of chapter.

This chapter shall not apply to physicians licensed in this state in extracting teeth or performing surgical operations. This chapter also shall not apply to any person who extracts any exfoliating deciduous teeth.

## History

Ga. L. 1920, p. 132, § 28; Code 1933, § 84-723; Ga. L. 1976, p. 484, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 932, § 4; Ga. L. 1999, p. 234, § 13.