Legal Opinion
Skrine v. Kim
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 5, 1978No. 33657PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Justice.
The appellee Kim filed a petition for writ of mandamus in the Fulton Superior Court seeking to compel the Georgia Board of Nursing, one of the appellants, to issue her a nursing license. The superior court granted the relief prayed for by Kim, and the board appeals. We reverse.
In 1971, the board instituted a "pilot project” under which 30 Korean nurses, who had graduated from Korean nursing schools and who were certified as nurses in Korea, were granted temporary nursing permits, and eventually permanent nursing licenses, without having to take a nursing examination. The…
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