---
title: O.C.G.A. § 43-33-15. Reciprocity; waiver of examination requirement for persons licensed in another state who meet certain qualifications.
collection: code
id: 43-33-15
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 43-33-15 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-33-15
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-33-15.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-33-15/text
source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t43-ch33-51-(v30a)-2021-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=638c2417_0#page=33
date: 2025
status: active
corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68
license: CC0-1.0
publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-33.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-33-14.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-33-16.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
version: the only printed version
in_force: true
current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly
heading_path: PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES / PHYSICAL THERAPISTS / GENERAL PROVISIONS
---

# O.C.G.A. § 43-33-15. Reciprocity; waiver of examination requirement for persons licensed in another state who meet certain qualifications.

The board may, in its discretion, waive the examination provided for in paragraph (2) of Code Section 43-33-12 and may, subject to the provisions under Code Sections 43-33-18 and 43-33-19, grant to a person licensed in another state or territory of the United States full privileges to engage in an equivalent practice authorized by this article to any person who has qualifications the board determines to be the substantial equivalent of the qualifications described under paragraph (1) of Code Section 43-33-12 and who is properly licensed under the laws of another state or territory of the United States; provided, however, that the license held by such person was issued after an examination which, in the judgment of the board, is the equivalent of the standards established by the board. In waiving the examination requirement, the board may require additional education or training.

## History

Ga. L. 1951, p. 175, § 6; Ga. L. 1972, p. 388, § 16; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1416, §§ 6, 15; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2434, § 9; Ga. L. 1997, p. 715, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 1112, § 19/HB 1055; Ga. L. 2019, p. 126, § 4/HB 39.

The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, substituted ‘‘this article’’ for ‘‘this chapter’’ near the middle of this Code section.

## Cross References

Cooperation between Georgia and other states, T. 28, C. 6.

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2008, ‘‘require’’ was substituted for ‘‘required’’ in the last sentence.