Eligibility for Licensure

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  5. Eligibility for Licensure

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No person shall be eligible for licensure under this chapter unless such person furnishes satisfactory evidence to the board of all of the following:

  1. Having met the education, training, and experience requirements of Code Section 43-10A-11, 43-10A-12, or 43-10A-13 regarding that specialty for which a license is sought;
  2. Having successfully passed the examination established for that specialty under Code Section 43-10A-9, except that persons meeting the requirements of subparagraph (a)(2)(A) of Code Section 43-10A-13 shall not be required to pass such examination;
  3. Having paid any required license fee; and
  4. Having furnished at least two personal references from supervisors, teachers, or any combination thereof.

(Code 1981, §43-7A-8, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1406, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 825, § 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 843, § 2.)

Code Commission notes.

- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1988, the internal references in paragraphs (1) and (2) were changed to reflect the redesignation of this chapter as Chapter 10A.

Administrative Rules and Regulations.

- Application for licensure, 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 135-3.


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