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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 43. PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES · Chapter 11. DENTISTS, DENTAL HYGIENISTS, AND DENTAL ASSISTANTS · Article 2. LICENSES FOR THE PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY

43-11-48. Initiation of proceedings for violation of chapter; records.

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

  1. (a)

    Proceedings under this chapter may be initiated by the board upon its own motion or upon receipt of a signed, written complaint. A board member who forwards a complaint to the attention of the board shall not participate in any further disciplinary proceedings with respect to such applicant or licensee. Disposition of “contested cases,” within the meaning of Chapter 13 of Title 50, the “Georgia Administrative Procedure Act,” shall be governed by Chapter 13 of Title 50.#

  2. (b)

    A record of all hearings, decisions, and orders shall be kept for the board by the executive director.#

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, § 16; Code 1933, § 84-716; Ga. L. 1937, p. 627, § 2; Ga. L. 1976, p. 484, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1056, § 7; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1389, § 7; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 43; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1706, § 19; Ga. L. 2013, p. 192, § 2-15/HB 132.

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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 422 to 423; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 0e619b1f34e2.