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title: O.C.G.A. § 43-15-17. Issuance, expiration, and renewal of certificates and certificates of registration.
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# O.C.G.A. § 43-15-17. Issuance, expiration, and renewal of certificates and certificates of registration.

(a) Certificates, certificates of registration, or licenses shall be issued to applicants who successfully complete the respective requirements therefor upon the payment of fees prescribed by the board.

(b) Certificates of registration or licenses shall be renewable annually. Renewal may be effected for the succeeding year by the payment of the fee prescribed by the board. Certificates of registration or licenses may be renewed subsequent to their expiration upon the payment of accumulated unpaid fees and of a penalty in an amount to be determined by the board. A certificate of registration or license that has been expired for a period of greater than four years shall be automatically revoked.

(c) The executive director shall give notice to each individual holding a certificate of registration or license under this chapter of the date of the expiration of the certificate of registration or license and the amount of the fee required for renewal, at least one month prior to the expiration date; but the failure to receive such notice shall not avoid the expiration of any certificate of registration or license not renewed in accordance with this Code section.

## History

Ga. L. 1937, p. 294, §§ 16, 17; Ga. L. 1945, p. 294, §§ 25, 27, 28; Ga. L. 1956, p. 691, § 1; Ga. L. 1958, p. 358, § 2; Ga. L. 1972, p. 222, § 9; Code 1933, § 84-2118, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 1048, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1706, § 19; Ga. L. 2018, p. 583, § 1/SB 425; Ga. L. 2022, p. 604, § 8/HB 476.

The 2022 amendment, effective May 9, 2022, in subsection (b), substituted “annually” for “biennially” at the end of the first sentence and “succeeding year” for “succeeding two years” in the second sentence; and substituted “The executive director shall give notice to each” for “The division director shall give notice by mail to each” at the beginning of subsection (c).