All licenses shall expire biennially unless renewed. All applications for renewal of a license shall be filed with the division director prior to the expiration date, accompanied by the biennial renewal fee prescribed by the board. A license which has expired for failure of the holder to renew may only be restored after application and payment of the prescribed restoration fee within the time period established by the division director and provided the applicant meets such requirements as the board may establish by rule. Any license which has not been restored within such period following its expiration may not be renewed, restored, or reissued thereafter. The holder of such a canceled license may apply for and obtain a valid license only upon compliance with all relevant requirements for issuance of a new license. The board shall require no less than four hours of continuing education in order to renew any license issued pursuant to this article.
(Ga. L. 1951, p. 175, § 9; Ga. L. 1962, p. 633, § 5; Ga. L. 1972, p. 388, § 18; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1053, § 6; Ga. L. 1986, p. 812, § 8; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2434, § 10; Ga. L. 1997, p. 715, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1706, § 19; Ga. L. 2019, p. 126, § 4/HB 39.)
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, substituted "this article" for "this chapter" at the end of the last sentence of this Code section.
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Nonboard members may not be used to examine applicants.
- Board is not given the authority to use nonboard members, whether former board members or not, to examine applicants as part of the oral examination procedure. 1980 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 80-26.
Discretion of board to restore licenses.- State Board of Physical Therapy may, in the board's discretion, require an individual whose license has been revoked by operation of law for failure to renew the license by the end of an established penalty period to comply with all relevant requirements for the issuance of a new license as a condition of reinstatement. 1984 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 84-64 (decided prior to 1992 amendment).
To the extent that O.C.G.A. § 43-1-19(g) and (l) are later legislative enactments than O.C.G.A. § 43-33-16 or O.C.G.A. § 43-33-18(c), those statutes would control in the case of a conflict. 1984 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 84-64 (decided prior to 1992 amendment).
Only actual conflict between O.C.G.A. §§ 43-33-16 and43-1-19(g) and (l) relates to the discretion of the Board of Physical Therapy to restore a license and to impose conditions therefor. 1984 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 84-64 (decided prior to 1992 amendment).