Georgia Code
Chapter 15 - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
§ 43-15-1. Short Title and Purpose

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Act of 2021” and is enacted to safeguard life, health, and property and to promote the public welfare.
History. Ga. L. 1937, p. 294, § 1; Ga. L. 1945, p. 294, § 2; Code 1933, § 84-2101, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 1048, § 1; Ga. L. 2018, p. 583, § 1/SB 425; Ga. L. 2022, p. 604, § 1/HB 476.
The 2022 amendment, effective May 9, 2022, inserted “shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Act of 2021’ and”.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2018, p. 583, § 1/SB 425, effective July 1, 2018, reenacted this Code section without change.

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Georgia Code

Title 43 - Professions and Businesses

Chapter 15 - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors

§ 43-15-1. Short Title and Purpose

§ 43-15-2. Definitions

§ 43-15-3. State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers; Members; Funding; Employees

§ 43-15-4. Adoption of Rules and Regulations; Meetings; Seal; Executive Director as Secretary of Board; Advisors

§ 43-15-5. Role of Executive Director

§ 43-15-6. General Powers of Board; Injunctions; Continuing Education

§ 43-15-6.1. Fees and Funding

§ 43-15-7. Unlawful Practice as a Professional Engineer or Land Surveyor

§ 43-15-8. Engineer-in-Training Certificate; Eligibility

§ 43-15-9. Professional Engineer Certificate of Registration; Eligibility

§ 43-15-9.1. Minimum Requirements for Professional Structural Engineers

§ 43-15-10. Evaluation of Engineering Experience

§ 43-15-11. Professional Engineer’s Examination

§ 43-15-12. Surveyor Intern Certificate; Eligibility

§ 43-15-13. Professional Land Surveyor License; Eligibility

§ 43-15-13.1. Requirements for Professional Land Surveyors Engaged in Design of Storm-Water Management Plans, Facilities, Water Distribution Lines, and Sanitary Sewer Collection Systems

§ 43-15-14. Examinations

§ 43-15-15. Applications for Certificates, Certificates of Registration, and Licenses

§ 43-15-16. Registration and Licensure by Comity

§ 43-15-17. Issuance, Expiration, and Renewal of Certificates and Certificates of Registration

§ 43-15-18. Effect of Certificate of Registration or License

§ 43-15-19. Revocation, Suspension, or Denial of Certificates, Certificates of Registration, or Licenses; Reprimands

§ 43-15-20. Reissuance of Certificates, Certificates of Registration, and Licenses; Fee

§ 43-15-21. Temporary Permit

§ 43-15-22. Registrant or Licensee Required to Obtain Seal; Inscription; Purpose; Fraudulent Use of Seal

§ 43-15-23. Practice of Professional Engineering by or Through Firm, Corporation, or Other Entity

§ 43-15-23.1. Land Surveying Firms, Corporations, or Other Entities; Application; Fee; Certificate of Authorization

§ 43-15-24. Construction of Structures Jeopardizing Health, Safety, or Welfare; Exceptions; Record of Building Permits

§ 43-15-25. Procedure for Filing Charges Against Holder of Certificate, Certificate of Registration, or License

§ 43-15-26. Cease and Desist Orders; Civil Penalties for Violation of Order

§ 43-15-27. Enforcement of Chapter

§ 43-15-28. Applicability of the “Georgia Administrative Procedure act.”

§ 43-15-29. Exceptions to Operation of Chapter

§ 43-15-30. Unlawful Acts