Georgia Code
Article 1 - Georgia Registered Professional Nurse Practice Act
§ 43-26-5. General Powers and Responsibilities of Board

History. Code 1981, § 43-26-5 , enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 747, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1706, § 13; Ga. L. 2006, p. 125, § 4/SB 480; Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 12/HB 509; Ga. L. 2013, p. 643, § 2/HB 332; Ga. L. 2015, p. 954, § 1/HB 394; Ga. L. 2017, p. 364, § 2/SB 109; Ga. L. 2019, p. 219, § 2/SB 168.
The 2013 amendment, effective July 1, 2014, substituted “chapter” for “article” and inserted “under this article or Article 2 of this chapter” throughout this Code section; in paragraph (a)(9), substituted “nurses, licensed” for “nurses and licensed” near the beginning, inserted “, and licensed practical nurses” near the middle, and added “or Article 2 of this chapter” at the end; in paragraph (a)(15), inserted “or licensed practical nursing”; in paragraph (a)(19), added “and the practical nursing licensing examination”; in paragraph (a)(20), inserted “and licensed practical nursing”; and, in subsection (b), inserted “, licensed practical nurse,” in the first sentence, and inserted “or licensed practical nurse” in the second sentence.
The 2015 amendment, effective May 6, 2015, deleted “and” following the concluding semicolon in paragraph (a)(21); added “; and” at the end of paragraph (a)(22); and added paragraph (a)(23).
The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, inserted “or Article 4” in paragraph (a)(3), deleted “and” at the end of paragraph (a)(22), added a semicolon at the end of paragraph (a)(23), and added paragraphs (a)(24) and (a)(25).
The 2019 amendment, effective April 25, 2019, deleted “and” at the end of paragraph (a)(24), substituted “; and” for a period at the end of paragraph (a)(25), and added paragraph (a)(26).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2013, p. 643, § 7/HB 332, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “For purposes of making initial appointments to the reconstituted Georgia Board of Nursing, this Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval. For all other purposes, this Act shall become effective on July 1, 2014.” The Governor approved this Act on May 6, 2013.
Administrative rules and regulations.
Rules of the profession, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of Georgia Board of Nursing, Chapter 410-1 et seq.
Law reviews.
For article on 2006 amendment of this Code section, see 23 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 209 (2006).

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