{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-10a-8","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 43-10A-8","heading":"Eligibility for licensure.","body":"No person shall be eligible for licensure under this article unless such person furnishes satisfactory evidence to the board of all of the following:\n(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;\n(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;\n(3) Having paid any required license fee;\n(4) All persons licensed under this article who were licensed after April 26, 2006, are required to have completed a graduate level course or equivalent related to diagnosing and shall complete such curriculum in order to renew the license or apply for licensure; and\n(5) Having satisfactory results from a fingerprint record check report conducted by the Georgia Crime Information Center and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as determined by the board. Application for the issuance of a license under this Code section shall constitute express consent and authorization for the board to perform a criminal background check. Each applicant who submits an application to the board for licensure agrees to provide the board with any and all information necessary to run a criminal background check, including, but not limited to, classifiable sets of fingerprints. Any such applicant shall be responsible for all fees associated with the performance of such background check.","path":["TITLE 43 Professions And Businesses","CHAPTER 10A Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists","Article 1 Licensing Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.43.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"ece8ce90360eb42ce36341246945251c16798559f4114bba00edb3c58fb9c704","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-10a-7","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-10a-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}