Georgia Code, Title 43, Chapter 10a - Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists

• § 43-10a-1 - Short Title
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists Licensing Law."
• § 43-10a-2 - Declaration of Purpose
  It is declared to be the purpose of the General Assembly that the activities of certain persons who utilize certain titles relating to or...
• § 43-10a-3 - Definitions
  As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Advertise" means, but is not limited to, the issuing of or causing to be distributed any...
• § 43-10a-4 - Creation of Board; Composition; Appointment; Removal; Vacancies
  (a) There is created the Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists. The board shall consist of ten...
• § 43-10a-5 - Requirement of Oath; Quorum; Powers and Duties of Board; Ethics; Reimbursement of Members; Meetings
  (a) The members of the board shall take an oath to perform faithfully the duties of their office. Within 30 days after taking the...
• § 43-10a-6 - Separate Standards Committees for Professional Counseling Specialty, Social Work Specialty, and Marriage and Family Therapy Specialty
  (a) Those members of the board from the professional counseling specialty, the social work specialty, and the marriage and family therapy specialty shall constitute...
• § 43-10a-7 - Licensing Requirement; Exceptions
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a person who is not licensed under this chapter shall not practice professional counseling, social work,...
• § 43-10a-8 - Eligibility for Licensure
  No person shall be eligible for licensure under this chapter unless such person furnishes satisfactory evidence to the board of all of the following:...
• § 43-10a-9 - Examination
  The board shall provide for the conduct of examinations for licensure in each specialty at least twice a year. Examinations may be written, oral,...
• § 43-10a-10 - Licensure Without Examination
  The board may issue a license without examination to any applicant licensed in a specialty under the laws of another jurisdiction having requirements for...
• § 43-10a-11 - Requirements for Licensure in Professional Counseling
  (a) The education, experience, and training requirements for licensure in professional counseling are as follows: (1) For licensure as an associate professional counselor, a...
• § 43-10a-12 - Requirements for Licensure in Social Work; Authorized Services
  (a) The education, experience, and training requirements for licensure in social work are as follows: (1) For licensure as a master's social worker, a...
• § 43-10a-13 - Requirements for Licensure in Marriage and Family Therapy
  (a) The education, experience, and training requirements for licensure in marriage and family therapy are as follows: (1) For licensure as an associate marriage...
• § 43-10a-14 - Fees
  Application, examination, license, license renewal, and penalty fees shall be established by the board pursuant to Code Section 43-1-7.
• § 43-10a-15 - Expiration, Renewal, and Penalty Dates
  Expiration, renewal, and penalty dates for licenses issued under this chapter shall be established pursuant to Code Section 43-1-4. No person whose license has...
• § 43-10a-16 - Requirements for Continuing Education
  The board shall establish continuing education requirements for license renewal. The number of hours of continuing education in each specialty shall not exceed the...
• § 43-10a-17 - Denial or Revocation of License; Other Discipline; Subpoenas; Judicial Review; Reinstatement; Investigation; Immunity; Failure to Appear; Voluntary Surrender of License; Other Applicable Law
  (a) The board shall have the authority to refuse to grant a license to an applicant therefor or to revoke the license of a...
• § 43-10a-18 - Availability of Injunction in Enforcement of Chapter
  Whenever it shall appear to the board that any person is or has been violating any provisions of this chapter or any of the...
• § 43-10a-19 - Obtaining License by Fraudulent Representation
  It shall be unlawful for a person to obtain or attempt to obtain a license under this chapter by fraudulent representation.
• § 43-10a-20 - Penalty
  Any person violating Code Section 43-10A-19 or Code Section 43-10A-7 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by...
• § 43-10a-21 - Restrictions on Use of Terms in Corporate, Partnership, Association, or Business Names
  (a) No corporation, partnership, association, or other business entity may use in its corporate, partnership, association, or business name any term or title restricted...
• § 43-10a-22 - Restrictions on Scope of Chapter
  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize persons licensed under this chapter to practice nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, medicine, or psychology,...
• § 43-10a-23 - Insurance Coverage for Specialty Practitioners
  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to mandate insurance coverage or reimbursement for specialty practitioners licensed under this chapter.
• § 43-10a-24 - Termination
  Repealed by Ga. L. 1992, p. 3137, § 10, effective July 1, 1992.

Last modified: October 14, 2016