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# O.C.G.A. § 43-34-61. Purpose.

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

## History

Code 1981, § 43-34-61, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 538, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 1/HB 509.

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2002, Code Section 43-34-61, as enacted by Ga. L. 2002, p. 1273, § 1, was redesignated as Code Section 43-34-191.