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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-8. Eligibility for licensure.

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  1. No person shall be eligible for licensure under this article unless such person furnishes satisfactory evidence to the board of all of the following:

  2. (1)

    Having met the education, training, and experience requirements of Code Section 43-10A-11, 43-10A-12, or 43-10A-13 regarding that specialty for which a license is sought;#

  3. (2)

    Having successfully passed the examination established for that specialty under Code Section 43-10A-9, except that persons meeting the requirements of subparagraph (a)(2)(A) of Code Section 43-10A-13 shall not be required to pass such examination;#

  4. (3)

    Having paid any required license fee;#

  5. (4)

    All persons licensed under this article who were licensed after April 26, 2006, are required to have completed a graduate level course or equivalent related to diagnosing and shall complete such curriculum in order to renew the license or apply for licensure; and#

  6. (5)

    Having satisfactory results from a fingerprint record check report conducted by the Georgia Crime Information Center and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as determined by the board. Application for the issuance of a license under this Code section shall constitute express consent and authorization for the board to perform a criminal background check. Each applicant who submits an application to the board for licensure agrees to provide the board with any and all information necessary to run a criminal background check, including, but not limited to, classifiable sets of fingerprints. Any such applicant shall be responsible for all fees associated with the performance of such background check.#

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-8, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1406, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 825, § 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 843, § 2; Ga. L. 2021, p. 729, §§ 2, 3/HB 395; Ga. L. 2022, p. 523, § 1/HB 972. The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, substituted “this article” for “this chapter” in the introductory paragraph; deleted “and” at the end of paragraph (3); substituted “; and” for a period at the end of paragraph (4); and added paragraph (5). The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, rewrote paragraph (4), which read: “Having furnished at least two personal references from supervisors, teachers, or any combination thereof; and”.

Code Commission notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1988, the internal references in paragraphs (1) and (2) were changed to reflect the redesignation of this chapter as Chapter 10A.

Administrative rules and regulations

Application for licensure, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists, Chapter 135-3.

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