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title: Title 43, Chapter 11. Dentists, Dental Hygienists, and Dental Assistants
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date: 2025
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heading: DENTISTS, DENTAL HYGIENISTS, AND DENTAL ASSISTANTS
title_heading: PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES
section_count: 56
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# Title 43, Chapter 11. Dentists, Dental Hygienists, and Dental Assistants

Title 43. Professions and Businesses

56 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 43-11-1, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-1.md
- 43-11-2, Georgia Board of Dentistry; members; qualifications; terms; voting; powers, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-2.md
- 43-11-2.1, Board authority; appointment, powers, and duties of executive director; meetings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-2.1.md
- 43-11-3, Election of officers, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-3.md
- 43-11-4, Meetings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-4.md
- 43-11-5, Address of board members, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-5.md
- 43-11-6, Expense and mileage allowances; other reimbursements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-6.md
- 43-11-7, Powers and duties of board, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-7.md
- 43-11-8, Board to examine applicants, issue licenses, make bylaws and rules; seal; books and records, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-8.md
- 43-11-9, Rules and regulations affecting dental hygienists, dental assistants, or other persons, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-9.md
- 43-11-10, Dental specialties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-10.md
- 43-11-11, Gathering of census data on practicing dentists and dental hygienists; standard form, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-11.md
- 43-11-12, Public inspection of board records; nondisclosure of confidential records, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-12.md
- 43-11-13, Service of orders and subpoenas of board; service of notice or process on executive director, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-13.md
- 43-11-14, Enforcement of orders and subpoenas of board; contempt, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-14.md
- 43-11-15, Enforcement of chapter, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-15.md
- 43-11-16, Liability for action of peer review committee or board, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-16.md
- 43-11-17, Acts which constitute the practice of dentistry, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-17.md
- 43-11-18, Use of full names of practitioners, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-18.md
- 43-11-19, Compliance with chapter as prerequisite to collection of fees for services, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-19.md
- 43-11-20, Training and affiliated sites; clinics; licensure examination, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-20.md
- 43-11-21, Conscious sedation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-21.md
- 43-11-21.1, General anesthesia, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-21.1.md
- 43-11-21.2, Report of morbidity or mortality, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-21.2.md
- 43-11-22, Exceptions to application of chapter, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-22.md
- 43-11-23, Specialized training for dental assistant or hygienist performing certain procedures, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-23.md
- 43-11-40, Qualification of applicants; criminal background check, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-40.md
- 43-11-41, Application for provisional license to practice dentistry by credentials; procedure; criminal background check; expiration and revocation of license, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-41.md
- 43-11-42, Teacher’s, instructor’s, and temporary public health licenses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-42.md
- 43-11-43, Fees, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-43.md
- 43-11-44, Discretionary decisions involving treatment of patients, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-44.md
- 43-11-45, Registration certificates, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-45.md
- 43-11-45.1, Display of license, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-45.1.md
- 43-11-46, License renewal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-46.md
- 43-11-46.1, Continuing education requirements; waiver, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-46.1.md
- 43-11-47, Refusal to grant, or revocation of, licenses; disciplining licensees; subpoenas; judicial review; investigations; immunity; failure to appear; voluntary surrender, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-47.md
- 43-11-48, Initiation of proceedings for violation of chapter; records, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-48.md
- 43-11-49, Burden of proof as to authority to practice dentistry, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-49.md
- 43-11-50, Practice of dentistry without a license, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-50.md
- 43-11-51, Practicing dentistry under another’s license, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-51.md
- 43-11-52, Volunteers in dentistry and dental hygiene; special licensing; construction, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-52.md
- 43-11-53, Charitable dental events; temporary licenses for dentists and dental hygienists in good standing in other states; procedures, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-53.md
- 43-11-54, Requirements and limitations of teledentistry, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-54.md
- 43-11-70, Examination requirement; issuance of license; posting license, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-70.md
- 43-11-70.1, Temporary license authorized, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-70.1.md
- 43-11-71, Qualifications of applicants for license; criminal background check, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-71.md
- 43-11-71.1, Application for license to practice dental hygiene by credentials; procedure; criminal background check; expiration of license, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-71.1.md
- 43-11-72, Corrective action against licensee, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-72.md
- 43-11-73, License renewal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-73.md
- 43-11-73.1, Continuing education requirement; waiver; rules and regulations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-73.1.md
- 43-11-74, Direct supervision required; scope of duties; exceptions to required supervision for dental screenings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-74.md
- 43-11-75, Applicability of article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-75.md
- 43-11-76, Unlicensed practice of dental hygiene, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-76.md
- 43-11-80, Acts, services, practices, and procedures authorized, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-80.md
- 43-11-81, Direct supervision required, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-81.md
- 43-11-82, Exceptions to application of article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-11-82.md