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title: O.C.G.A. § 43-26-13. Certain information given to the board by licensees; references to rural hospital organizations.
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# O.C.G.A. § 43-26-13. Certain information given to the board by licensees; references to rural hospital organizations.

(a) A licensee may, in lieu of providing his or her home address, provide the board a legitimate business address for purposes of the public information made available by the board with regard to licensed registered professional nurses.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any reference to a rural hospital organization in this chapter shall also include any hospital located in any county that satisfies the definition of rural hospital organization in Code Section 31-8-9.1.

## History

Code 1981, § 42-26-13, as enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 125, § 7/SB 480; Ga. L. 2024, p. 409, § 2-5/SB 449, effective July 1, 2024.

## Amendments

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, designated the existing provisions of this Code section as subsection (a) and added subsection (b).