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title: O.C.G.A. § 43-34-141. Legislative finding and declaration.
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date: 2025
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heading_path: PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES / PHYSICIANS, ACUPUNCTURE, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, CANCER AND GLAUCOMA TREATMENT, RESPIRATORY CARE, CLINICAL PERFUSIONISTS, AND ORTHOTICS AND PROSTHETICS PRACTICE / RESPIRATORY CARE
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# O.C.G.A. § 43-34-141. Legislative finding and declaration.

The General Assembly finds and declares that the practice of respiratory care in Georgia affects the public health, safety, and welfare and that it is necessarily a proper subject of regulation and control.

## History

Code 1981, § 43-34-141, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 264, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 1/HB 509.

## Editor's Notes

See the Editor’s note following the article heading as to the repeal of this Code section.