This article was enacted to safeguard the public health, safety, and welfare and to assure the availability of occupational therapy services of high quality to persons in need of such services. It is the purpose of this article to provide for the regulation of persons representing themselves as occupational therapists or as occupational therapy assistants, or persons performing services that constitute occupational therapy.
History. Ga. L. 1976, p. 993, § 2; Ga. L. 2019, p. 745, § 1/HB 253; Ga. L. 2021, p. 710, § 4/HB 268.
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, substituted “representing themselves as occupational therapists or as occupational therapy assistants, or persons performing services that constitute occupational therapy” for “offering occupational therapy services to the public” at the end of the second sentence.
The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, substituted “article” for “chapter” near the beginning of the first and second sentences.
Structure Georgia Code
Title 43 - Professions and Businesses
Chapter 28 - Occupational Therapists
Article 1 - Georgia Occupational Therapy Practice
§ 43-28-2. Declaration of Purpose
§ 43-28-4. State Board of Occupational Therapy; Members
§ 43-28-6. General Powers and Duties of Board; Continuing Professional Education; Background Checks
§ 43-28-7. License Requirement for Occupational Therapists
§ 43-28-8. License Requirements for Therapy Techniques Involving Physical Agent Modalities
§ 43-28-9. Qualifications of License Applicants; Waiver
§ 43-28-11. Waiver of Examination; Reciprocity
§ 43-28-12. Issuance of License; Fees; Limited Permits; Use of Titles and Abbreviations
§ 43-28-14. Renewal or Reinstatement of Expired Licenses; Renewal of Suspended Licenses