Georgia Code
Article 1 - Georgia Occupational Therapy Practice
§ 43-28-13. Denial, Refusal to Renew, Suspension, or Revocation of Licenses; Probation; Fines; Reinstatement

History. Ga. L. 1976, p. 993, § 16; Ga. L. 1991, p. 379, § 9; Ga. L. 2019, p. 745, § 1/HB 253; Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 43/SB 429; Ga. L. 2021, p. 710, § 4/HB 268.
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, in subsection (a), in the first sentence, substituted “In addition to the powers granted in Code Section 43-1-19, the” for “The” at the beginning and substituted “engaged in” for “guilty of” in the middle, and substituted the present provisions of the second sentence for the former provisions, which read: “Such unprofessional conduct includes:”; substituted the present provisions of paragraph (a)(2) for the former provisions, which read: “Being guilty of unprofessional conduct as defined by the rules and regulations established by the board; or”; added paragraphs (a)(3) through (a)(11); redesignated former paragraph (a)(3) as present paragraph (a)(12); substituted “crime that has a direct bearing on whether the licensee” for “crime other than minor offenses defined as ‘minor misdemeanors,’ ‘violations,’ or ‘offenses’ in any court if the acts for which he was convicted are found by the board to have a direct bearing on whether he” in paragraph (a)(12); and, in subsection (b), added “and in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the ‘Georgia Administrative Procedure Act.’ ” at the end of the first sentence, and deleted “and may, but shall not be required to, hold a hearing to consider such reinstatement” following “reinstatement” at the end of the third sentence.
The 2020 amendment, effective July 29, 2020, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, deleted “patient” following “occupational therapy assistant” in subparagraph (a)(9)(A).
The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, substituted “this article” for “this chapter” near the end of paragraph (a)(5).
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2019, a period was deleted following “ ‘Georgia Administrative Procedure Act.’ ” at the end of the first sentence of subsection (b).

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