{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-7a-4","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 43-7A-4","heading":"[Effective July 1, 2023] Authority of board.","body":"The board shall be authorized to:\n(1) Adopt, amend, and repeal such rules and regulations as shall be reasonably necessary for the administration, enforcement, and implementation of the provisions and purposes of this chapter;\n(2) Issue, renew, and reinstate the licenses of duly qualified applicants for licensure;\n(3) Deny, suspend, revoke, or otherwise sanction licensees;\n(4) Initiate investigations for the purpose of discovering violations of this chapter;\n(5) Conduct hearings upon charges calling for the discipline of a licensee or on violations of this chapter;\n(6) Conduct national background checks by the submission of fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation through the Georgia Crime Information Center;\n(7) Adopt a seal;\n(8) Establish rules and regulations relating to ethical conduct of persons licensed and regulated pursuant to this chapter; and\n(9) Do all other things necessary to administer and enforce this chapter and all rules and regulations adopted by the board pursuant to this chapter.","path":["TITLE 43 Professions And Businesses","CHAPTER 7A [Effective July 1, 2023] Practice of Applied Behavior Analysis"],"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":"d0ba223b51b50825f442681b9706c8753aa7b788f1bd98e0a5d3afe0ae2987cf","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-7a-3","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-7a-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}