The Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychologists licenses psychologists in Georgia. Georgia is a PSYPACT® participating jurisdiction. That means a Georgia license can serve as your declared PSYPACT® home state, and psychologists licensed elsewhere in the compact can already deliver telepsychology to clients located here. Georgia offers a licensure-by-endorsement route for psychologists already licensed elsewhere.
Georgia Psychology License Requirements
A doctoral degree in psychology, with official transcripts sent to the board directly by the institution.
Supervised professional experience as Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychologists defines it. Definitions of qualifying supervision differ between boards — confirm how your hours will be counted before filing.
A passing EPPP score, transferred officially from ASPPB. Note that individual boards set their own passing scores, so a score accepted elsewhere does not automatically satisfy this one.
Licensure by endorsement: Georgia offers licensure by endorsement where you hold a current, unencumbered license in a jurisdiction whose standards the Board determines to be substantially equivalent to Georgia's. Georgia does not operate automatic reciprocity, and endorsement applicants still sit both the Georgia jurisprudence examination and an oral examination.
The Georgia jurisprudence examination. Georgia requires both a jurisprudence examination and a separate oral examination, and endorsement applicants are not exempt from either. Applicants who have already passed the EPPP still sit both.
Fingerprint-based criminal background check.
Disclosure and verification of any disciplinary action in any jurisdiction.
How Much Does an Georgia Psychology License Cost?
| Fee | Amount | Notes |
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| EPPP or score transfer | $0 | Charged by ASPPB, not by the state. ASPPB has signalled an additional skills component alongside the existing knowledge examination — confirm the current structure and cost with ASPPB rather than budgeting from an older figure. |
| Licensure verification from each prior jurisdiction | $0 | Charged by each issuing board. Every board that has ever licensed you must send one, including lapsed licenses. Amounts vary by state. |
| Fingerprint / background check | $0 | Vendor-dependent. Verify with Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychologists before scheduling — out-of-order submissions are typically not refunded. |
Fees above are paid to Georgia and ASPPB. Our service fee is separate — see pricing.
We handle the Georgia application end-to-end.
Eligibility screening, document prep, board follow-ups, and tracking — so you don't lose a board meeting cycle to a missing form.
View full pricingHow Long Does It Take to Get an Georgia Psychology License?
Typical Processing
Three to six months from a complete filing is a common range, and complex files run longer. The board cannot begin substantive review until out-of-state verifications and official transcripts have arrived.
Recommended Lead Time
Start at least six months before you need to practise in Georgia.
Published processing targets rarely survive contact with a file that has a documentation gap in it. The controllable part is the front end — pathway determination, transcripts requested with correct routing, and verifications ordered from every board that has ever licensed you. Confirm current targets directly with Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychologists.
Where Georgia Applications Get Delayed
Two examinations, not one. Georgia requires a jurisprudence examination and a separate oral examination, and passing the EPPP exempts you from neither. Applicants budgeting for a single state exam plan the tail of their timeline wrongly.
Assuming "endorsement" means reciprocity. Georgia states plainly that it does not operate automatic reciprocity. Endorsement is a substantive equivalence review with examinations attached.
Losing track of the ASPPB hand-off. Because documentation is coordinated through ASPPB after the initial Board submission, applicants sometimes wait on the Board for something ASPPB is holding, or the reverse.
Assuming PSYPACT® replaces the Georgia license. An APIT® lets a psychologist licensed elsewhere in the compact deliver telepsychology to clients in Georgia. It does not authorize in-person practice here, and it is not a Georgia license.
Forgetting a lapsed license. Verification is required from every jurisdiction that has ever licensed you, including licenses you let expire years ago. An omission stalls the file and raises a candour question that is far more troublesome than the verification would have been.
Transcripts sent by the applicant. Boards and ASPPB alike require official transcripts sent directly by the institution or its clearinghouse. A sealed envelope you forward is not accepted, and the failure is silent — you believe it is delivered while the file waits.
Assuming another state's supervised-hours count transfers. Definitions of qualifying supervision differ meaningfully between boards. Hours that satisfied your original licensure may be counted differently here.
Renewing Your Georgia Psychology License
Renewal Cycle
Verify your renewal cycle and expiration date with Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychologists. Renewal cycles vary between annual and biennial, and some states renew the whole profession on a fixed date rather than on each licensee's anniversary.
CE Requirement
Georgia requires continuing education on the renewal cycle, and most states mandate specific content areas. Verify the current hour count and required topics with Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychologists — mandated subject lists change more often than the hour totals do. If you also hold an ASPPB E.Passport, its three hours of telepsychology-specific CE are a separate requirement on a separate cycle and do not satisfy state CE.
Late Grace Period
Practising on a lapsed Georgia license is not authorized regardless of how briefly it lapsed. Verify the delinquency and reinstatement procedure with Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychologists.
How Georgia Licenses Psychologists
The Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychologists licenses psychologists in Georgia. As in every state, licensure rests on a doctoral degree in psychology, supervised professional experience, and examination — but the specifics differ more than psychologists expect, particularly in how supervised hours are defined and whether a state-specific jurisprudence examination applies.
Licensure by Endorsement
Georgia offers licensure by endorsement where you hold a current, unencumbered license in a jurisdiction whose standards the Board determines to be substantially equivalent to Georgia's. Georgia does not operate automatic reciprocity, and endorsement applicants still sit both the Georgia jurisprudence examination and an oral examination.
One general caution: endorsement is not a transfer. The board still evaluates whether your education, supervised experience, examination, and professional history are equivalent to its own standards, and it can conclude that they are not. Older training histories and non-standard program structures draw the most scrutiny.
The Jurisprudence Examination
Georgia requires a state jurisprudence examination. Georgia requires both a jurisprudence examination and a separate oral examination, and endorsement applicants are not exempt from either. Applicants who have already passed the EPPP still sit both. Endorsement does not generally exempt applicants from it — a state-law examination is precisely the thing another state's license cannot evidence.
Applications Route Through ASPPB
Georgia partners with ASPPB to process examination and endorsement applications. In practice this means your initial submission goes to the Board and subsequent documentation is coordinated through ASPPB — a two-party process that is straightforward once you know about it and confusing when you do not. If you are chasing a document and cannot work out who holds it, that is usually why.
PSYPACT® and Georgia
Georgia is a participating jurisdiction, which is useful in both directions.
If you hold a Georgia license, Georgia can serve as your declared PSYPACT® home state. With an ASPPB E.Passport and an Authority to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology (APIT®) on top of it, your telepsychology practice reaches every other participating jurisdiction without a separate license in each.
If you are licensed elsewhere in the compact, your APIT® already authorizes telepsychology to clients located in Georgia — no Georgia license needed for that work. It does not authorize in-person practice here. For temporary in-person work that is the separate IPC and TAP® route, capped at 30 calendar days per calendar year.
One constraint matters more than it first appears: under the APIT® you must be physically located in your declared home state while delivering telepsychology. A Georgia license held by someone who lives elsewhere does not make Georgia a workable home state. Choose the state you actually sit in.
What We Handle
Pathway determination before you spend a non-refundable fee, transcript and EPPP score routing, verification requests to every jurisdiction that has ever licensed you, jurisprudence examination scheduling, fingerprint sequencing, and Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychologists correspondence through to issuance. Where Georgia is your intended PSYPACT® home state, we file the E.Passport and APIT® on top of it.
Georgia Psychology License FAQ
Is Georgia a PSYPACT state?
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Do I still need a Georgia license if I have an APIT?
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If I hold a Georgia license but live in another state, can Georgia be my PSYPACT home state?
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Does Georgia offer licensure by endorsement?
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Do I have to take the Georgia jurisprudence exam?
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How much does a Georgia psychology license cost?
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What Working with Us Costs
Transparent, a la carte service fees. The state board and ASPPB fees listed above are paid directly to those organizations. Our concierge fee is separate and is the only thing you pay us.
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