The board may grant a license to any person who at the time of application is licensed by a similar board of another state whose standards, in the opinion of the board, are not lower than those required by this article. The board may require the applicant to pass such written and oral examinations as the board may deem necessary.
(Ga. L. 1970, p. 511, § 5; Ga. L. 1986, p. 473, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1147, § 3; Ga. L. 2019, p. 101, § 4/HB 26.)
The 2019 amendment, effective April 23, 2019, substituted "this article" for "this chapter" in the first sentence of this Code section.
Cross references.- Cooperation between Georgia and other states generally, T. 28, C. 6.
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Editor's notes.
- In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, opinions under former Code 1933, §§ 84-3109 and 84-3110 are included in the annotations for this Code section.
Standards for temporary licensing of one licensed in another state.- For whatever reason a temporary license would be awarded to a person licensed in another state, it is advisable to first determine whether the foreign state's licensing standards are equal to or higher than those of this state; for persons not licensed by another state, the same standards applied to all other applicants for a temporary license should apply. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-508 (decided under former Code 1933, §§ 84-3109 and 84-3110).