The official assigned to issue the final decision in any hearing is authorized to certify copies of the record of such hearing as true, complete and correct, and such certification will constitute the certification of the Commissioner and the Department thereto. In the absence or unavailability of the assigned official, the appointing authority of that official or the Commissioner may so certify the hearing record.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 290-1-1-.19
Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015 et seq. and p. 1069 et seq. O.C.G.A. Secs. 1-3-1, 31-2-4, 37-1-22, 37-1-23, 49-4-3, 50-13-3.