2020 Georgia Code
Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations
Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation
Article 2 - Administration
§ 34-9-48. Designation of Members as Appellate Administrative Law Judges
All members of the board are designated as appellate administrative law judges in the appellate division of the State Board of Workers' Compensation for the purposes of serving as hearing officers and exercising judicial functions in the implementation of this chapter.
(Code 1933, § 114-701.14, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 198, § 6; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1679, § 6; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1942, § 8.)
Law reviews.- For note on 1992 amendment of this Code section, see 9 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 285 (1992).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Cited in Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. v. Richard, 141 Ga. App. 702, 234 S.E.2d 345 (1977); Binswanger Glass Co. v. Brooks, 160 Ga. App. 701, 288 S.E.2d 61 (1981).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Applicability of Code of Judicial Conduct.
- Directors of the State Board of Workers' Compensation are subject to the Code of Judicial Conduct when serving as hearing officers or exercising judicial functions. Op. Jud. Quals. Comm. No. 66 (January 30, 1985).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
C.J.S.
- 100 C.J.S., Workers' Compensation, § 809 et seq., 821 et seq.
