Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 43. PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES · Chapter 26. NURSES · Article 2. LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES

43-26-31. Purpose of article.

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

The purpose of this article is to protect, promote, and preserve the public health, safety, and welfare through regulation and control of practical nursing education and practice. This article ensures that any person practicing or offering to practice practical nursing or using the title “Licensed Practical Nurse,” as defined in this article, within the State of Georgia, shall be licensed as provided in this article.

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, § 43-26-31, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2151, § 1.

Administrative rules and regulations

Licensed Practical Nursing Education Programs, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of Georgia Board of Nursing, Chapter 410-9.

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