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title: O.C.G.A. § 43-18-47. Revocation hearing; service on licensee or applicant; revocation or restriction of license or registration.
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# O.C.G.A. § 43-18-47. Revocation hearing; service on licensee or applicant; revocation or restriction of license or registration.

(a) Upon the presentation before the board of any of the grounds enumerated in Code Section 43-18-46 or elsewhere in this article for revoking a license or registration, it shall be the duty of the board to cause written notice of the time and place of hearing upon the charge preferred, together with a copy of the charge, to be served upon the licensee or applicant for license, as the case may be, 20 days before the hearing.

(b) The board shall conduct such hearing in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the “Georgia Administrative Procedure Act.”

(c) The board may, upon satisfactory proof that a licensee or registrant has been guilty of any of the offenses enumerated in Code Section 43-18-46 or elsewhere in this article revoke a license or registration or may limit or restrict a license or registration upon a majority vote of the board after a hearing thereon.

## History

Code 1981, § 43-18-47, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1372, § 1.