Section 14-7-2. Definitions

   As used in this chapter, the definitions contained in Chapter 2 of this title apply, and the term:

   (1) "Licensed" includes registered, certified, admitted to practice, or otherwise legally authorized under the laws of this state by the appropriate regulating board.

   (2) "Profession" means the profession of certified public accountancy, architecture, chiropractic, dentistry, professional engineering, land surveying, law, pharmacy, psychology, medicine and surgery, optometry, osteopathy, podiatry, veterinary medicine, registered professional nursing, or harbor piloting.

   (3) "Professional corporation" means a corporation, whether domestic or foreign, organized under Chapter 2 of this title which has elected to become subject to this chapter.

   (4) "Regulating board" means any board, commission, court, or governmental authority which, under the laws of this state, is charged with the licensing, registration, certification, admission to practice, or other legal authorization of the practitioners of any profession.

Ga. L. 1970, p. 243, § 2; Ga. L. 1981, p. 976, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1454, § 10; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 14; Ga. L. 1996, p. 352, § 1.