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Title 43 - Professions and Businesses (Chs. 1 — 51)
Chapter 10A - Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists (Arts. 1 — 3)
Article 1 - Licensing Provisions (§§ 43-10A-1 — 43-10A-24)
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Editor’s notes.Ga. L. 2021, p. 729, § 3/HB 395 designated the existing provisions of this chapter as Article 1, effective July 1, 2021.
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- § 43-10A-1. Short title
- § 43-10A-2. Declaration of purpose
- § 43-10A-3. (For effective date, see note.) Definitions
- § 43-10A-4. Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists; composition; terms; removal; vacancies
- § 43-10A-5. [Effective July 1, 2026] Powers and duties of board; quorum; meetings
- § 43-10A-6. [Reserved] 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. [Effective July 1, 2026] Examination
- § 43-10A-10. Licensure without examination; waiver of experience requirements
- § 43-10A-11. Requirements for licensure as associate professional counselor or professional counselor; use of title
- § 43-10A-12. Requirements for licensure in social work; authorized services
- § 43-10A-13. Requirements for licensure in marriage and family therapy; expedited license by endorsement
- § 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; fitness of licensee; voluntary surrender of license
- § 43-10A-18. Enforcement
- § 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 article
- § 43-10A-23. Insurance coverage for specialty practitioners
- § 43-10A-24. [Effective July 1, 2026] Professional health program; impaired healthcare professionals; confidentiality; immunity; funding
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