The board shall have the following powers, duties, and responsibilities:
History. Code 1981, § 49-10-3 , enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 616, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 77, § 1/HB 49; Ga. L. 2011, p. 459, § 7/HB 509; Ga. L. 2012, p. 775, § 49/HB 942; Ga. L. 2019, p. 224, § 2/SB 207.
The 2011 amendment, effective July 1, 2011, in paragraphs (1) and (6), inserted “and health care practitioners”; added paragraph (2); redesignated former paragraphs (2) through (7) as present paragraphs (3) through (8), respectively; and inserted “and other health care practitioners” near the end of paragraph (7).
The 2012 amendment, effective May 1, 2012, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “To award service” for “Award service” at the beginning of paragraph (2).
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, substituted “Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce” for “Georgia Board for Physician Workforce” in the middle of paragraph (5).