Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 43. PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES · Chapter 10A. PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS · Article 1. LICENSING PROVISIONS

43-10A-10. Licensure without examination; waiver of experience requirements.

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(a)
The board may issue a license without examination to any applicant licensed in a specialty under the laws of another jurisdiction having requirements for licensure in that specialty which are substantially equal to the licensure requirements for that specialty in this state.#
(b)
The board shall be authorized to waive all or a portion of the experience requirements for any applicant licensed under the laws of another jurisdiction who has maintained full licensure in good standing in such jurisdiction for a minimum of two years.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 43-7A-10, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1406, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1484, § 2; Ga. L. 2022, p. 523, § 1/HB 972; Ga. L. 2024, p. 166, § 3/HB 1344, effective April 22, 2024.

Amendments

The 2024 amendment, effective April 22, 2024, designated the existing provisions of this Code section as subsection (a) and added subsection (b).

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