2022 Georgia Code
Title 43 - Professions and Businesses
Chapter 3 - Accountants
§ 43-3-25.1. Confidentiality of Applicant Information

1. The following shall be available to the board and the board’s employees and agents, but shall be treated as confidential, not subject to Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50, and shall not be disclosed without the approval of the board:
   1. Applications and other personal information submitted by applicants, except to the applicant;
   2. Information, favorable or unfavorable, submitted by a reference source concerning an applicant; and
   3. Examination questions and other examination materials.
2. The deliberations of the board with respect to an application, an examination, a complaint, an investigation, or a disciplinary proceeding, except as may be contained in official board minutes, shall be treated as confidential and not subject to Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50; provided, however, that such deliberations may be released only to a federal enforcement agency or licensing authority or any other state’s enforcement agency or licensing authority.
3. Releasing the documents pursuant to this Code section shall not subject any otherwise privileged documents to the provisions of Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50.

History. Code 1981, § 43-3-25.1 , enacted by Ga. L. 2014, p. 136, § 1-2/HB 291; Ga. L. 2015, p. 325, § 14/HB 246.

The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, substituted “to the board and” for “to an applicant, the board, and” in the introductory language of subsection (a); and added “, except to the applicant” at the end of paragraph (a)(1).