Georgia Code
Chapter 20 - Hearing Aid Dealers and Dispensers
§ 43-20-4. State Board of Hearing Aid Dealers and Dispensers; Composition; Qualifications of Members; Terms of Office; Vacancies; Selection of Officers

History. Ga. L. 1970, p. 653, § 13; Code 1933, § 84-5614, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1728, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 401, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1017, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1326, § 1/HB 232.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, substituted “the State Board” for “a State Board” in subsection (a); in subsection (b), deleted the former first sentence, which read: “Members of the board shall be residents of the state.”, rewrote the second sentence, which formerly read: “The board shall consist of seven members; four of whom shall hold licenses issued by the board and shall have no less than three years’ experience as a hearing aid dispenser; one of whom shall be a diplomate or eligible for certification by the American Board of Otolaryngology and licensed to practice medicine in this state; one of whom shall be an audiologist licensed under Chapter 44 of this title; and one of whom shall be appointed from the public at large.” and added the last sentence; in subsection (c), in the second sentence, inserted “or her” near the middle and deleted “except that, for the first board appointed under this chapter, two members shall be appointed for a two year term and three members shall be appointed for a three year term” following “and qualified”; designated the former last sentence of subsection (c) as subsection (d); and, in subsection (d), in the first sentence, substituted “chairperson” for “chairman” twice, and added the last sentence.

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