{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-10a-21","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 43-10A-21","heading":"Restrictions on use of terms in corporate, partnership, association, or business names.","body":"(a) No corporation, partnership, association, or other business entity may use in its corporate, partnership, association, or business name any term or title restricted under subsection (a) of Code Section 43-10A-7 or the term “professional counseling,” “social work,” or “marriage and family therapy,” or any words, letters, titles, or figures indicating or implying that such entity or any of its employees, officers, or agents are practicing a specialty regulated under this article, unless each person practicing a specialty in that entity, except those persons exempt under paragraph (1), (4), (5), (6), (12), (14), or (15) of subsection (b) of Code Section 43-10A-7, is licensed under this article.\n(b) Any corporation, partnership, association, or other business entity which violates subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500.00 nor more than $1,000.00 for each offense or by imprisonment for up to 12 months, or both.","path":["TITLE 43 Professions And Businesses","CHAPTER 10A Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists","Article 1 Licensing Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.43.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"4a2fba3676f17a6812eccc4210ed4f5c69c982d68fdbf31df1205078c4461db0","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-10a-20","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-10a-22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}