2021 Georgia Code
Title 43 - Professions and Businesses
Chapter 10A - Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists
Article 1 - Licensing Provisions
§ 43-10A-11. Requirements for Licensure in Professional Counseling

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  1. The education, experience, and training requirements for licensure in professional counseling are as follows:
    1. For licensure as an associate professional counselor, a master's degree from a recognized educational institution in a program that is primarily counseling in content or in a program of applied psychology, which degree includes a supervised internship or practicum as part of the degree program and registration with the board of an acceptable contract for obtaining the post-master's experience under direction and supervision required for licensure as a professional counselor; and
    2. For licensure as a professional counselor:
      1. A doctoral degree from a recognized educational institution in a program that is primarily counseling in content and requires at least one year of supervised internship in a work setting acceptable to the board; or
      2. A specialist degree from a recognized educational institution in a program that is primarily counseling in content with supervised internship or practicum and two years of post-master's directed experience under supervision in a setting acceptable to the board; or
        1. A master's degree in rehabilitation counseling or in a program that is primarily counseling in content from a recognized educational institution;
        2. An internship or practicum supervised either by a supervisor, as defined in paragraph (16) of Code Section 43-10A-3, or by a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor certified as such by the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification;
        3. The Certified Rehabilitation Counselor designation from the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification; and
        4. Three years of post-master's directed experience providing rehabilitation services in a rehabilitation setting under supervision provided either by a supervisor, as defined in paragraph (16) of Code Section 43-10A-3, or by a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor certified as such by the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification. Up to one year of such experience may have been in an approved practicum or internship placement as part of the degree program; or

        (Code 1981, §43-7A-11, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1406, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1484, § 3; Ga. L. 1993, p. 330, § 4; Ga. L. 1994, p. 450, § 3; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1387, § 3; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1479, §§ 2, 3.)

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