Temporary and Provisional Licenses

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  1. The board may issue a temporary license to an applicant for a permanent license. Such license shall have the same force and effect as a permanent license.The temporary license will expire 12 months from the date of its issuance and shall not be renewable. Upon a finding by the board that the applicant has failed either the written or oral examination, the board shall revoke such temporary license.
  2. The board may issue a provisional license to an applicant for a permanent license.The provisional license may be granted to an individual who has passed all written examinations and completed all other requirements for permanent license except for the postdoctoral supervised work experience requirement and the oral examination.Provisional licensure will expire in 24 months unless the board grants an exception, or in the event of the granting of a permanent license, whichever occurs first.The provisional license shall not be renewable.An individual who is licensed under this subsection is restricted to the stipulations of the supervised work experience requirement. Provisional licensure will be granted only to an individual who is in the process of completing the postdoctoral supervised work experience requirement and is subject to revocation if the board determines that the requirements of the supervised work experience are not being satisfactorily met.The revocation of a provisional license shall not be considered a contested case within the meaning of Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act," but a holder of a provisional license shall have a right to appear before the board.

(Ga. L. 1951, p. 408, § 10; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1337, § 4; Ga. L. 1984, p. 503, § 2; Ga. L. 1986, p. 473, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1147, § 5; Ga. L. 1994, p. 97, § 43; Ga. L. 1994, p. 224, § 5.)

Editor's notes.

- Former subsection (b), pertaining to provisional licenses, was automatically repealed pursuant to its own terms, effective July 1, 1993.

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Board may grant or deny permanent license so long as board acts constitutionally.

- Board is not prejudiced in granting or denying a permanent license for grounds and under procedures not violating the Constitutions or laws of the United States and this state. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-508.

Standards for temporary licensing of one licensed in another state.

- For whatever reason a temporary license would be awarded to a person licensed in another state, it is advisable to first determine whether the foreign state's licensing standards are equal to or higher than those of this state; for persons not licensed by another state, the same standards applied to all other applicants for a temporary license should apply. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-508.

Temporary license expires when board rejects or approves permanent license.

- Any rights acquired by an applicant who has received a temporary license authorized by O.C.G.A. § 43-39-14 terminate upon the statute's stated conditions, i.e., when the board rejects or approves the application for a permanent license. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-508.


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