The board shall be the policy-determining body for the department and shall have the duties, powers, authority, and jurisdiction provided in this chapter.
(Ga. L. 1949, p. 249, § 2; Ga. L. 1959, p. 262, § 1; Ga. L. 1962, p. 694, § 2; Code 1981, §50-7-3; Code 1981, §50-7-4, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 504, § 2; Ga. L. 1989, p. 1641, § 14.)