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Under what circumstances may the Georgia Real Estate Commission deny or discipline a real estate license?

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D) A license may be denied or disciplined for conduct demonstrating unfitness or violations of license law, even without proof of monetary damages to a consumer.

Under O.C.G.A. § 43-40-25(a), the Commission may refuse to grant a license or may discipline a licensee for violations of Chapter 40, incompetency, unworthiness, or conduct showing unfitness to act as a licensee. The statute does not require that a consumer first prove monetary damages; the Commission's authority is based on protecting the public from unfit practitioners and enforcing compliance with license law, regardless of whether financial harm has been quantified.

Answer Options
A
The Commission may impose discipline only when a licensee has been convicted of a felony in a Georgia criminal court.
B
The Commission may act only after a civil court enters a monetary judgment against the licensee in favor of a consumer.
C
Disciplinary action requires the complaining party to first quantify and document specific financial losses resulting from the licensee's conduct.
D
A license may be denied or disciplined for conduct demonstrating unfitness or violations of license law, even without proof of monetary damages to a consumer.

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