Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 49. SOCIAL SERVICES · Chapter 4. PUBLIC ASSISTANCE · Article 3. AID TO THE BLIND

49-4-55. Examination of applicant by ophthalmologist or optometrist.

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No application for assistance under this article shall be approved until the applicant has been examined by an ophthalmologist or optometrist designated or approved by the department to make such examinations. The examining ophthalmologist or optometrist shall certify the findings of the examination in writing upon forms provided by the department.

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

Ga. L. 1937, p. 568, § 9; Ga. L. 1952, p. 233, § 3.

Cross references

Licensing of optometrists generally, § 43-30-1 et seq.

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