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Title 43. PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES · Chapter 34. PHYSICIANS, ACUPUNCTURE, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, CANCER AND GLAUCOMA TREATMENT, RESPIRATORY CARE, CLINICAL PERFUSIONISTS, AND ORTHOTICS AND PROSTHETICS PRACTICE · Article 9. COSMETIC LASER SERVICES

43-34-243. Permitted activities.

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

  1. This article shall not be construed to prohibit:

  2. (1)

    A licensed physician from engaging in the practice for which he or she is licensed;#

  3. (2)

    A licensed physician assistant from engaging in the practice for which he or she is licensed;#

  4. (3)

    A person licensed by this state as a registered professional nurse, licensed practical nurse, or nurse practitioner from engaging in his or her profession;#

  5. (4)

    A licensed esthetician from engaging in his or her profession;#

  6. (5)

    A master cosmetologist from engaging in his or her profession;#

  7. (6)

    Any person licensed under any other article of this chapter from engaging in the practice for which he or she is licensed;#

  8. (7)

    A person licensed in this state under any other law from engaging in the practice for which he or she is licensed;#

  9. (8)

    The practice of providing cosmetic laser services by a person who is employed by the federal government or any bureau, division, or agency of the federal government while in the discharge of the employee’s official duties;#

  10. (9)

    The practice of providing cosmetic laser services by a student enrolled in an accredited school of nursing or medical school as part of his or her training; or#

  11. (10)

    Employees or authorized representatives of a manufacturer of a laser used for cosmetic laser services from engaging in one or more of the following: evaluating, adjusting, measuring, designing, fabricating, assembling, fitting, servicing, training, repairing, replacing, or delivering a laser used to provide cosmetic laser services under the order, direction, or prescription of a physician or health provider operating within his or her licensed scope of practice.#

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, § 43-34-243, enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 626, § 1/HB 528; Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 1/HB 509.

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

Text read from t43-ch33-51-(v30a)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V30A, 2021 edition, pages 217 to 218; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 6fb9eb45ca3a.