History. Ga. L. 1937, p. 294, § 3; Ga. L. 1945, p. 294, § 5; Ga. L. 1972, p. 222, § 2; Code 1933, § 84-2104, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 1048, § 1; Code 1933, § 84-2104.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 968, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 309, § 2; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1491, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 97, § 43; Ga. L. 2018, p. 583, § 1/SB 425; Ga. L. 2022, p. 604, § 3/HB 476.
The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, inserted “professional” preceding “land surveyors” near the middle of the first sentence of subsection (b); inserted “or her” in the first sentence of subsection (c); substituted “Professional land surveyors” for “Land surveyors” at the beginning of the second sentence of subsection (e); and deleted “for” preceding “any other” near the end of subsection (g).
The 2022 amendment, effective May 9, 2022, rewrote subsection (a), which read: “A State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors is created whose duty it shall be to administer this chapter.”; inserted “and confirmed by the Senate“ following “Governor” in the first sentence in subsection (b); deleted former subsection (f), which read: “Each member of the board shall be reimbursed as provided for in subsection (f) of Code Section 43-1-2.”; redesignated former subsection (g) as present subsection (f); and added subsections (g) through (k).
Structure Georgia Code
Title 43 - Professions and Businesses
Chapter 15 - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
§ 43-15-1. Short Title and Purpose
§ 43-15-3. State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers; Members; Funding; Employees
§ 43-15-5. Role of Executive Director
§ 43-15-6. General Powers of Board; Injunctions; Continuing Education
§ 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
§ 43-15-15. 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
§ 43-15-20. Reissuance of Certificates, Certificates of Registration, and Licenses; Fee
§ 43-15-23. Practice of Professional Engineering by or Through Firm, Corporation, or Other Entity
§ 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.”