Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 1429 - Hearing aid dealers and dispensers; board membership

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1. Childers  13th


House Comm: H&E        /                Senate Comm: C Aff      /                                   
House Vote: Yeas 155   Nays 0           Senate Vote: Yeas 42  Nays 0                                
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               House          Action         Senate                                                 
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              1/24/96  Read 1st Time         2/27/96                                                
              1/25/96  Read 2nd Time         3/8/96                                                 
              2/15/96  Favorably Reported    3/7/96                                                 
              2/26/96  Read 3rd Time         3/14/96                                                
              2/26/96  Passed/Adopted        3/14/96                                                
              4/1/96   Sent to Governor                                                             
              4/15/96  Signed by Governor                                                           
              927      Act/Veto Number                                                              
              7/1/96   Effective Date                                                               
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Code Sections amended: 43-20-4                                                                      


HB 1429                                            LC 19 2878






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Code Section 43-20-4 of the Official Code of
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to the State Board of Hearing
  1- 3  Aid Dealers and Dispensers, so as to change provisions
  1- 4  relating to members of such board; to repeal conflicting
  1- 5  laws; and for other purposes.

  1- 6       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 7  Code Section 43-20-4 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1- 8  Annotated, relating to the State Board of Hearing Aid
  1- 9  Dealers and Dispensers, is amended by striking subsection
  1-10  (b) of said Code section and inserting in its place the
  1-11  following:

  1-12    "(b) Members of the board shall be residents of the state.
  1-13    The board shall consist of ten seven members, three of
  1-14    whom shall possess the qualifications specified in this
  1-15    chapter for holders of dispensers' licenses and also hold
  1-16    a license from the State Board of Examiners for
  1-17    Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology; three four of
  1-18    whom shall possess the qualifications specified in this
  1-19    chapter for holders of dispensers' licenses hold licenses
  1-20    issued by the board and shall have no less than three
  1-21    years' experience as a hearing aid dispenser and shall not
  1-22    be eligible for licensing by the State Board of Examiners
  1-23    for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology; two one of
  1-24    whom shall be diplomates a diplomate or eligible for
  1-25    certification by the American Board of Otolaryngology and
  1-26    licensed to practice medicine in this state; one of whom
  1-27    shall be an audiologist licensed by this state but not
  1-28    licensed under this chapter under Chapter 44 of this
  1-29    title; and one of whom shall be appointed from the public
  1-30    at large."

                         SECTION 2.

  1-31  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  1-32  repealed.


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