Georgia Administrative Code

(1) Training Program Requirements. All applicants, with the exception of international and I/O applicants, must present official documentation that they have completed earned doctoral degree requirements from a regionally accredited professional training program in applied psycho…

(1) Requirements. In order to satisfy the experience requirement for licensure the applicant must have completed an internship and a postdoctoral supervised work experience (SWE). (2) Definitions. (a) An Intern is a person who is engaged in the predoctoral year of applied experie…

An applicant must satisfactorily complete all requirements for licensure within one year from the date the Board approved the applicant's most recent application and/or completion of their postdoctoral SWE; otherwise, the applicant must submit a new application with the required …

(1) Licensure by endorsement refers to licensure for applicants who hold current licenses in psychology in other states and are applying for licensure in Georgia. To apply requires: (a) Completed Application Initiation Form including all supporting documents and the fee made paya…

Endorsement may be granted to a psychologist who satisfies one of the alternatives delineated below. In the event the applicant cannot satisfy one of these alternatives, he/she may apply for licensure by examination. (a) Alternative for a psychologist who has been licensed for le…

An endorsement applicant may submit a written request for a temporary license. See Chapter 510- 9, entitled,"Licenses of Limited Duration."

(1) Licensure by the State of Georgia mandates compliance with the Code of Ethics1 and the Supplemental Code of Conduct delineated in Chapters 510-4 and 510-5 respectively. (2) This Code of Ethics and Supplemental Code of Conduct constitutes the standards against which the requir…

(1) Resolving Ethical Issues. (a) 1.01 Misuse of Psychologists' Work. If psychologists learn of misuse or misrepresentation of their work, they take reasonable steps to correct or minimize the misuse or misrepresentation. (b) 1.02 Conflicts Between Ethics and Law, Regulations, or…

(1) Licensure by the State of Georgia mandates compliance with the Code of Ethics1 and the Supplemental Code of Conduct delineated in Chapters 510-4 and 510-5 respectively. (2) This Code of Ethics and Supplemental Code of Conduct constitutes the standards against which the requir…

(1) Patient or Client. The term clients/patients may be defined through the following roles: (a) a recipient of psychological services, (b) a corporate entity or other organization when the professional contract is to provide services of benefit primarily to the organization rath…

(1) Scope of Practice. Psychologists who intend to or begin to practice in areas outside of their educational, internship, or SWE experiences must obtain sufficient training in those areas to insure their competence. When psychologists are developing competency in a service or te…

(1) Records include information that may be used to document the nature, delivery, progress, and results of psychological services. The psychologist who renders professional services shall maintain records that include the following: (a) Records of psychological services include:…

(1) The psychologist shall not undertake or continue a professional relationship with a client when the psychologist is, or could reasonably be expected by the Board to be, impaired due to mental, emotional, physiological, pharmacological, or substance abuse conditions. If such a…

(1) Consultations and Referrals. (a) Psychologists arrange for appropriate consultations and referrals based principally on the best interests of their client/patients, with appropriate consent, and subject to other relevant considerations, including applicable law and contractua…

(1) Possession of License/Authorization. The psychologist must possess a current, active Georgia license or authorization from PSYPACT, as set forth below, to practice telepsychology. (2) Practicing Telepsychology. The provision of telepsychology must meet the same legal and ethi…

(1) Psychologists' forensic assessment, recommendations, and reports are based on information and techniques (including personal interviews of the individual, when appropriate) sufficient to provide appropriate substantiation for his/her findings. (2) Psychologists provide writte…

(1) Violation of Applicable Statutes. The psychologist shall not violate any applicable statute or administrative rule regulating the practice of psychology. (a) Psychologists have an obligation to be familiar with these codes, other applicable ethics codes, and their application…

(1) Providing Supervision. (a) The psychologist shall exercise appropriate supervision over the supervisee, as set forth in the rules and regulations of the Board. (b) A person licensed under this chapter may not supervise or employ in any capacity, an individual who has: 1. volu…

A Psychologist shall report within thirty (30) days to the Board: (a) Any sanctions or disciplinary actions by any other lawful authorities. (b) Any voluntary surrender of his/her license to practice psychology in another state.

The Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychologists hereby adopts by reference as its permanent rules Chapter 295-3 through 295-13, and any future amendments thereto, Rules and Regulations of the Office Of Joint Secretary, State Examining Boards, relating to Procedures for Hear…

(1) The Board shall have the authority pursuant to O.C.G.A. Secs. 43-1-19 to refuse to grant a license to an applicant or to revoke or discipline a licensee upon a finding by a majority of the Board that the licensee or applicant has committed a violation under O.C.G.A. Secs. 43-…

Every psychology license will expire on December 31st of even numbered years, and will be renewable for two years if all requirements for renewal, including continuing education requirements are satisfied, and the renewal fee is paid. Psychologists practicing with an expired lice…

(1) A license which has lapsed for failure to renew may be reinstated within one year, from the date the license lapsed, at the sole discretion of the Board, upon submission of an Application for Reinstatement, documentation of 40 hours of continuing education activities that wer…

(1) A person must have a current Georgia psychology license to practice psychology in Georgia or to use the title "psychologist" in Georgia. (a) A licensee who holds a current license, and who will not use the title "psychologist" in Georgia and will not practice psychology in Ge…

(1) A total of 40 credits of continuing education relevant to the licensee's professional activities are required biennially to renew a license. Six CE credits must be earned in professional ethics at a workshop attended either in person or a synchronous webinar. The renewal peri…

(1) "In-person" means being present in the same physical room (as opposed to a virtual space). (2) "Face-to-face" means either in-person or a synchronous activity (not asynchronous activity). (3) "Synchronous activities" mean live online interactive video conferences in real time…

(1) Each licensee shall maintain for four years his/her own records of completed continuing education activities. The Board will not maintain continuing education files for licensees. (2) Each licensee shall attest, on his/her biennial license renewal application, that he/she has…

A temporary license is available only to applicants for licensure by endorsement. See Chapter entitled "Licensure by Endorsement." (a) The applicant for a temporary license must submit a written request for a temporary license along with their application for licensure by endorse…

(1) The Board may issue a provisional license to an applicant for a permanent license, but only to an individual who is in the process of completing the postdoctoral supervised work experience requirement. The provisional license may be granted to an individual who has passed all…

(1) An individual licensed to practice psychology at the doctoral level in another jurisdiction may practice psychology in Georgia without applying for a Georgia license, so long as the following requirements are met: (a) At least 5 days before the intended practice, the individu…

(a) A license issued by consent order by the board may be granted to persons who are retired from the practice of psychology or who have an inactive license and who are not currently engaged in the practice of psychology either full time or part time and who have prior to retirem…

(1) Location of Offices. The public may obtain information regarding the operation of the Commission or make submissions to the Commission by addressing inquiries to the Georgia Real Estate Commission, Suite 1000 - International Tower, 229 Peachtree Street, N. E., Atlanta, Georgi…

(1) Terms Defined by 43-40-1. As used in this Chapter and Chapters 520-2 and 520-3, the terms "associate broker," "broker," "commission," "commissioner," "community association," "community association management services," "community association manager," "licensee," "person," "…

(1) Certifications of License History. Upon written request the Commission shall provide a certification of the history of a licensee's records with the Commission only for the five years immediately preceding the written request. However, regardless of the date of occurrence, th…

(1) Fees. Whenever an individual applicant activates an original license, that applicant shall pay an activation fee and a renewal fee which shall cover all fees due the Commission until the applicant's month of birth in the fourth calendar year following the calendar year in whi…

(1) Required Education. O.C.G.A. Section 43-40-8(d) requires that each salesperson must furnish to the Commission within one year of the issuance of an original salesperson's license evidence of satisfactory completion of a post-license course of study of at least 25 instructiona…

(1) Brokerage Engagements. (a) Each exclusive brokerage agreement must fully set forth its terms and have a definite expiration date. (b) At the time of securing a brokerage engagement, the licensee securing it must furnish each person signing it a true copy thereof. (c) The Comm…