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# O.C.G.A. § 43-44-17. Effect on activities of employers acting under Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.

Nothing contained in this article shall limit or affect the activities of any employer or any person acting on behalf of any employer under the provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 or any standard promulgated pursuant to said act, including, without limitation, the performance of hearing tests by a technician as part of a workplace hearing conservation program, provided that the technician who performs audiometric tests shall be responsible to a licensed audiologist or physician.

## History

Code 1981, § 43-44-18, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1602, § 1; Code 1981, § 43-44-17, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2006, p. 1077, § 1/HB 1112; Ga. L. 2021, p. 690, § 4/HB 34.

The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, substituted ‘‘this article’’ for ‘‘this chapter’’ near the beginning of this Code section.

## Editor's Notes

The former Code section, concerning termination, was based on Ga. L. 1981, Ex. Sess. p. 8 (Code Enactment Act) and Ga. L. 1987, p. 1072, § 1. The version of this Code section in effect until 1987, concerning penalties and forfeiture of license upon conviction, was repealed by Ga. L. 1987, p. 1072, § 1, effective July 1, 1987 and was based on Ga. L. 1974, p. 1009, § 14. Similar provisions of law were enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 1072, § 1 as Code Section 43-44-16.

Ga. L. 2006, p. 1077, § 1, effective January 1, 2007, redesignated Code Section 43-44-18 as Code Section 43-44-17.

## U.s. Code.

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, referred to in this Code section, is found at 29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.