Officers; meetings; seal; procedures; expenses

(a) The board shall elect annually a president and a vice-president. The board shall operate under the terms of Chapter 1 of this title, providing for a division director for the professional licensing boards division; and the division director shall serve the board as provided by law. (b) The board shall hold at least one regular meeting each year. Called meetings may be held at the discretion of the president or at the written request of any two members of the board. (c) The board shall adopt a seal, which must be affixed to all licenses issued by the board. 306 43-39-6 (d) The board shall from time to time adopt such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary for the performance of its duties and shall provide for examinations and pass upon the qualifications of the applicants for the practice of psychology. (e) Each member of the board shall be reimbursed as provided for in subsection (f ) of Code Section 43-1-2. History. — Ga. L. 1951, p. 408, § 5; Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 184, § 1; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1337, § 3; Ga. L. 1986, p. 473, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1706, § 16. Administrative rules and regula- tions. — Rules of the profession, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, Chapter 510-1 et seq. 43-39-6. Authority of board to establish code of conduct and of ethics, administer oaths, summon witnesses, and take testimony; issuance of licenses; enforcement of chapter. The board shall have authority to establish a code of conduct and of ethics, to administer oaths, to summon witnesses, and to take testimony in all matters relating to its duties. The board shall issue licenses to practice psychology to all persons who shall present satisfactory evidence of attainments and qualifications under this article and the rules and regulations of the board. Such licenses shall be attested by the division director under the board’s adopted seal, and it shall give absolute authority to the person to whom it is issued to practice psychology in this state. It shall be the duty of the division director, under the direction of the board, to aid the prosecuting attorneys in the enforcement of this article and the prosecution of all persons charged with the violation of its provisions. The board shall have authority to administer and participate in the ‘‘Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (Psypact)’’ set out in Article 2 of this chapter and to recognize and permit the authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology and temporary practice in Georgia as established by such compact. The board shall have authority to conduct national background checks by the submission of fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation through the Georgia Crime Information Center; provided, however, that reports from such record background checks shall not be shared with entities outside of this state. History. — Ga. L. 1951, p. 408, § 17; Ga. L. 1986, p. 473, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 224, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1706, § 19; Ga. L. 2019, p. 101, §§ 1, 4/HB 26; Ga. L. 2020, p. 575, § 5/HB 752. The 2019 amendment, effective April 23, 2019, substituted ‘‘this article’’ for ‘‘this chapter’’ in the second and fourth sentences, and added the last sentence. The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, added the last sentence.