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title: O.C.G.A. § 43-18-43.1. Application for reinstatement of licensure.
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heading_path: PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES / FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND ESTABLISHMENTS, EMBALMERS, AND CREMATORIES / FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND ESTABLISHMENTS, EMBALMERS, AND CREMATORIES / LICENSES FOR FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS
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# O.C.G.A. § 43-18-43.1. Application for reinstatement of licensure.

If a licensee who has passed the examination for licensure as a funeral director required under this part and who has not been subject to disciplinary action by the board allows or has allowed his or her license to lapse for a period of not more than ten years, the board shall reinstate such funeral director’s license upon such applicant for reinstatement:

(1) Paying the total amount of all renewal fees for the period during which the license was lapsed, plus a reinstatement fee not to exceed the amount of the biennial renewal fee; and

(2) Successfully completing continuing education hours as the board may require under Code Section 43-18-56, unless such continuing education hours would be waived under subsection (c) of Code Section 43-18-56, if such applicant for reinstatement had not let the license lapse.

## History

Code 1981, § 43-18-43.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2022, p. 650, § 1/HB 1193; Ga. L. 2024, p. 387, § 1/SB 205, effective April 23, 2024.

## Amendments

The 2024 amendment, effective April 23, 2024, inserted “or has allowed” in the introductory language.