Georgia Code
Article 1 - Licensing Provisions
§ 43-10A-7. Licensing Requirement; Exceptions

Services which may be provided under this paragraph shall be limited to those practices sanctioned by the certifying association and shall in any event be limited to the provision of chemical dependency treatment in the following settings: screening; intake; orientation; assessment for addiction diseases; treatment planning; individual, family, and group addiction counseling; case management; crisis intervention; client education; referral, reporting, and record keeping; and consultation with other professionals in regard to client treatment and services. Persons exempt under this paragraph shall not use any title indicating or implying that they are licensed under this article;
History. Code 1981, § 43-7A-7 , enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1406, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 43; Ga. L. 1989, p. 825, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 330, § 3; Ga. L. 1994, p. 97, § 43; Ga. L. 1994, p. 404, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 450, § 2; Ga. L. 1994, p. 953, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 701, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 843, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1073, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1387, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 2000, p. 136, § 43; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1584, § 2; Ga. L. 2003, p. 312, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 335, § 7/SB 435; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-44/HB 228; Ga. L. 2009, p. 995, § 1/HB 60; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 5-25/HB 214; Ga. L. 2017, p. 774, § 43/HB 323; Ga. L. 2021, p. 729, § 3/HB 395; Ga. L. 2022, p. 168, § 11/SB 397; Ga. L. 2022, p. 523, § 1/HB 972.
The 2017 amendment, effective May 9, 2017, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “State Board of Workers’ Compensation” for “Georgia Board of Workers’ Compensation” near the beginning of paragraph (b)(8); revised punctuation and deleted “association” following “which” in the introductory language of paragraph (b)(15); revised punctuation in subparagraph (b)(15.1)(B); and substituted “Accreditation Council for Agencies Serving People with Blindness or Visual Impairment” for “Accreditation Council for Agencies Serving the Blind and Visually Handicapped” in the middle of paragraph (b)(17).
The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, substituted “this article” for “this chapter” in three places in subsection (a), at the end of the undesignated paragraph in paragraphs (b)(15) and (b)(15.1), in subsection (c), and twice in subsection (e).
The 2022 amendments.
The first 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, substituted “state approved high school equivalency (HSE)” for “general educational development (GED) equivalency” in subparagraphs (15)(A) and (15.1)(C) (now present subparagraphs (16)(A) and (17)(C), respectively). The second 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, rewrote subsection (b); deleted “paragraph (1), (2), (4), (5), (6), (11), (13), (14), (15), (16), or (17) of” preceding “subsection (b)” in subsection (c); and, substituted “paragraph (10)” for “paragraph (9)” in subsection (d).
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1993, in subsection (b), “Division of Family and Children Services of the Department of Human Resources” was substituted for “Department of Family and Children Services” and “division” was substituted for “department” in paragraph (b)(12) and, in paragraph (b)(14), “paragraphs (5) and (15) of Code Section 43-10A-3” was substituted for “paragraph (15) and (16) of this Code section”.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1994, the amendments by Ga. L. 1994, p. 953, Ga. L. 1994, p. 404, and Ga. L. 1994, p. 450, each purporting to add a new paragraph (b)(15), were added as paragraphs (b)(15), (b)(16), and (b)(17), respectively, and, in subsection (c), “(15), (16), or (17)” was substituted for “or (15)”.
Editor’s notes.
For application of this statute in 2020 and 2021, see Executive Orders 10.30.20.02, 11.13.20.01, 11.30.20.02, 12.08.20.01, 12.30.20.02, 01.15.21.01, 01.29.21.02, 02.15.21.01, 02.26.21.02, 03.12.21.01, 06.30.21.02, 07.22.21.02, 08.19.21.02, and 09.20.21.02.
A listing of Executive Orders issued in 2020 and 2021 can be found at https://gov.georgia.gov/executive-action/executive-orders.
Law reviews.
For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 147 (2011).
For note on the 1994 amendment of this Code section, see 11 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 233 (1994).
For note on the 2003 amendment to this Code section, see 20 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 223 (2003).