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# O.C.G.A. § 43-19-2. Purpose of chapter.

In order to safeguard life, health, and property and to promote the public welfare, the practice of geology in this state is declared to be subject to regulation in the public interest. This chapter is intended to introduce qualifying criteria into a previously unregulated professional field. Such action recommends itself through benefits to the safety, health, and property of the people of this state and to the promotion of the public welfare. These benefits are in the fields of geology as related to engineering, ground water, mineral exploration and development, geologic hazards, the further development of the science of geology, and other geologic matters of concern to the people of the state.

## History

Code 1933, § 84-2102A, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 163, § 1.