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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 43. PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES · Chapter 24. LIBRARIANS

43-24-7. Continuing education requirements.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    The board shall be authorized to require persons holding a certificate under this chapter to complete board approved continuing education of not less than ten hours biennially as a condition of certificate renewal. The board shall be authorized to approve programs offered by professional associations, educational institutions, government agencies, and bibliographic utilities, and others as it deems appropriate.#

  2. (b)

    The board shall be authorized to waive the continuing education requirement in cases of hardship, disability, or illness or under such other circumstances as the board deems appropriate.#

  3. (c)

    The board shall be authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to implement and ensure compliance with the requirements of this Code section.#

  4. (d)

    The board shall have the authority to appoint a committee or committees composed of certified librarians, as it deems appropriate, to administer, implement, and otherwise carry out the provisions of this chapter relating to continuing education.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 43-24-7, enacted by Ga. L. 2001, p. 864, § 1.

Editor's notes

This Code section formerly pertained to provisions terminating the State Board for the Certification of Librarians and laws relating to such board. The former Code section was based on Ga. L. 1982, p. 1493, §§ 1, 8 and Ga. L. 1987, p. 355, § 2.

Code Commission notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2001, “not less than” was substituted for “not less that” in the first sentence of subsection (a).

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t43-ch1-32-(v30)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volume V30, 2022 edition, pages 768 to 769; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 0e619b1f34e2.