Section 43-15-18. Effect of certificate of registration

   (a) In the case of a registered professional engineer, the certificate of registration shall authorize the practice of professional engineering. In the case of a registered land surveyor, the certificate of registration shall authorize the practice of land surveying. A certificate of registration shall show the full name of the registrant, shall have a serial number, and shall be signed by the chairman of the board and the division director under the seal of the board.

(b) The issuance of a certificate of registration by the board shall be evidence that the person named therein is entitled to all the rights and privileges of a registered professional engineer or a registered land surveyor, as the case may be, as long as the certificate remains unrevoked, unexpired, or unaffected by other discipline imposed by the board.

Code 1933, § 84-2120, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 1048, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1706, § 19.