An applicant who meets the requirements for licensure as provided by this chapter and has paid the requisite fee or fees shall be licensed by the board as a speech-language pathologist, audiologist, or both.
(Ga. L. 1974, p. 1009, § 13; Ga. L. 1981, p. 668, § 6; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1072, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 1077, § 1/HB 1112.)