Georgia § 43-18-3 - Practicing without complying with article.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 43-18-3 — Practicing without complying with article., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 43-18-3. Practicing without complying with article.
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the practice of embalming or to represent to the public that such person is an embalmer, mortician, or undertaker without first complying with this article. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business or profession of funeral directing or to represent to the public that such person is a funeral director, undertaker, or mortician without first complying with this article. Any person who actively engages or participates in any way in the business or profession of funeral directing shall be considered to be practicing as a funeral director and must be a licensed funeral director under the terms of this article. (Code 1981, § 43-18-3 , enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1372, § 1.)
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Section 43-18-3 ("Practicing without complying with article.") is part of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the codified statutory law of Georgia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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