Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 43. PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES · Chapter 39. PSYCHOLOGISTS · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

43-39-17. Use of title ‘‘psychologist.’’

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Except as provided in Code Section 43-39-7, a person shall not practice psychology and shall not use the title ‘‘psychologist’’ unless he or she is licensed as provided in this article. A person who is not licensed as provided in this article shall not designate his or her occupation as a psychologist and shall not designate himself or herself by any other term or title which implies that he or she is practicing psychology.

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

Ga. L. 1951, p. 408, § 19; Ga. L. 1986, p. 473, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1147, § 7; Ga. L. 1993, p. 355, § 3; Ga. L. 2019, p. 101, § 4/HB 26. The 2019 amendment, effective April 23, 2019, substituted ‘‘this article’’ for ‘‘this chapter’’ in the first and second sentences of this Code section.

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