2020 Georgia Code
Title 43 - Professions and Businesses
Chapter 10A - Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists
- § 43-10A-1. Short Title
- § 43-10A-2. Declaration of Purpose
- § 43-10A-3. Definitions
- § 43-10A-4. Creation of Board; Composition; Appointment; Removal; Vacancies
- § 43-10A-5. Requirement of Oath; Quorum; Powers and Duties of Board; Ethics; Reimbursement of Members; Meetings
- § 43-10A-6. Separate Standards Committees for Professional Counseling Specialty, Social Work Specialty, and Marriage and Family Therapy Specialty
- § 43-10A-7. Licensing Requirement; Exceptions
- § 43-10A-8. Eligibility for Licensure
- § 43-10A-9. Examination
- § 43-10A-10. Licensure Without Examination
- § 43-10A-11. Requirements for Licensure in Professional Counseling
- § 43-10A-12. Requirements for Licensure in Social Work; Authorized Services
- § 43-10A-13. Requirements for Licensure in Marriage and Family Therapy
- § 43-10A-14. Fees
- § 43-10A-15. Expiration, Renewal, and Penalty Dates
- § 43-10A-16. Requirements for Continuing Education
- § 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
- § 43-10A-18. Availability of Injunction in Enforcement of Chapter
- § 43-10A-19. Obtaining License by Fraudulent Representation
- § 43-10A-20. Penalty
- § 43-10A-21. Restrictions on Use of Terms in Corporate, Partnership, Association, or Business Names
- § 43-10A-22. Restrictions on Scope of Chapter
- § 43-10A-23. Insurance Coverage for Specialty Practitioners
- § 43-10A-24. Termination
- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1988, former Chapter 7A was redesignated as present Chapter 10A.
Administrative Rules and Regulations.- Organization, 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 135-1.
Code of Ethics, 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 135-7.
Law reviews.- For comment, "The Psychotherapist-Client Testimonial Privilege: Defining the Professional Involved," see 34 Emory L.J. 777 (1985).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 2 Am. Jur. 2d, Administrative Law, § 21 et seq. 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Commerce, §§ 1 et seq., 90 et seq. 16A Am. Jur. 2d, Constitutional Law, §§ 266, 284 et seq., 332, 339 et seq. 51 Am. Jur. 2d, Licenses and Permits, § 1 et seq. 58 Am. Jur. 2d, Occupations, Trades and Professions, § 1 et seq. 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 14 et seq. 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories and Dependencies, §§ 42, 64 et seq. 73 Am. Jur. 2d, Statutes, §§ 17 et seq., 58 et seq.
Social Worker Malpractice for Failure to Protect Foster Children, 41 Am. Jur. Trials 1.
Clergy Malpractice for Negligent Counseling, 47 Am. Jur. Trials 271.
Trial Report: Third Party Suit Against Therapists for Implanting False Memory of Childhood Molestation, 57 Am. Jur. Trials 313.
C.J.S.- 15 C.J.S., Commerce, §§ 9 et seq., 83 et seq., 111 et seq. 16 C.J.S., Constitutional Law, § 280 et seq. 16A C.J.S., Constitutional Law, § 580 et seq. 16B C.J.S., Constitutional Law, §§ 1055-1058, 1444-1448. 16D C.J.S., Constitutional Law, §§ 2085, 2086. 53 C.J.S., Licenses, § 6 et seq. 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 12 et seq. 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 50et seq. 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 146 et seq. 81A C.J.S., States, § 120 et seq. 82 C.J.S., Statutes, §§ 203, 281.
ALR.- Defamation of psychiatrist, psychologist, or counselor, 38 A.L.R.4th 874.