The Georgia Department of Insurance properly denied an agent license to an individual who was sentenced under the First Offender Act for felony damage to property and misdemeanor battery less than a year before applying for his license and continued to serve probation for the violations.
Petitioner denied insurance license based on recent crimes and continuing probation. Read More
The Professional Standards Commission (PSC) sought to revoke Petitioner’s teaching certificate after Petitioner was convicted of misdemeanor marijuana possession on two occasions, and thereafter failed to report these convictions within the required ninety days. However, as the convictions were misdemeanors and Petitioner’s failure to report them was unintentional, revocation of his certificate was unwarranted. Further,
Revocation of teaching certificate too extreme a penalty for two misdemeanor convictions. Read More
Respondent engaged in improper advertising for real properties and failed to notify the Georgia Real Estate Commission of his change of address. The Commission issued a citation ordering Respondent to pay a fine of $400.00 and complete a three-hour educational course. Respondent failed to pay the fine, or complete the training. After Respondent failed to
Georgia Board of Medical Examiners was authorized to revoke Respondent’s license to practice as a licensed practical nurse (LPN) based upon her forgery of a signature on an application to be licensed as a registered professional nurse (RN). Although the Board had discretion to impose a lesser sanction, revocation of Respondent’s license was appropriate due
The Judge ruled in favor of several groups (“River Groups”) challenging a variance granted by the Director of the Environmental Protection Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. The variance allowed Grady County to encroach upon the 25-foot vegetative buffer around state waters required by the Erosion and Sedimentation Act. The Director reasoned that
Petitioner appealed the Georgia Real Estate Commission’s denial of his application for a real estate salesperson’s license. Petitioner had two prior convictions for marijuana possession, one a felony and the other a misdemeanor. The denial of Petitioner’s application was reversed where Petitioner showed he completed all requirements for the Commission to consider his application and
