{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-50-2","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 43-50-2","heading":"Legislative purpose.","body":"It is the purpose of this chapter to promote, preserve, and protect the public health, safety, and welfare of the people of this state by and through the effective control and regulation of persons who are licensed veterinarians and licensed veterinary technicians in this state; to provide a uniform state-wide regulatory scheme to be enforced by the board through the Georgia Veterinary Practice Act; and to provide the board with oversight of the persons practicing veterinary medicine within this state.","path":["TITLE 43 Professions And Businesses","CHAPTER 50 Veterinarians and Veterinary Technicians","Article 1 General 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":"21ca7fce6a9dbf174daee0e3a58a8ac4fdaa35a3979e8db24e310f9551c7c2f8","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-50-1","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-50-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}