Psychology License from California to Georgia: Does It Transfer? (2026)

Last verified: 2026-08-07 · source: Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychologists (Secretary of State, Professional Licensing Boards Division) ↗

A psychology license transfers from California to Georgia by endorsement — there is no automatic reciprocity, but you do not start over. Apply to the Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychologists (Secretary of State, Professional Licensing Boards Division), verify your California license, and meet Georgia's endorsement requirements. EPPP passing score transfers (not retaken) but must equal or exceed the ASPPB standard passing score, and endorsement applicants licensed on or after 1 November 2020 must also have passed EPPP Part 2 (Skills). Georgia additionally requires its own Jurisprudence (Laws & Rules) examination AND a Board oral examination based on a recent work sample — both apply even to CPQ holders and to senior psychologists licensed 10+ years.

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Verdict

Licensure by endorsement

This direction has a payoff worth planning around. California is outside PSYPACT, so you have had no compact authorizations to work with — but Georgia participates. Endorse into Georgia through the Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychologists (Secretary of State, Professional Licensing Boards Division), make it your licensed home state, and that license becomes an anchor: from there an ASPPB E.Passport and APIT authorization let you serve clients across every other participating state without another full license. The endorsement itself is still an ordinary application — EPPP score accepted, credentials reviewed, Georgia's jurisprudence requirement applied — but what it unlocks afterwards is considerably more than a single state.

What changes, California → Georgia

Side-by-side: California vs Georgia (Psychology (licensed psychologist)), verified 2026-08-07
	California (current)	Georgia (destination)
PSYPACT status	Licensure by endorsement	PSYPACT member — multistate license honored
Application fee	$236 ($236 psychologist initial application fee (2024 fee schedule, the current schedule published by the Board). Separately + $127 for the CPLEE application and + $231 for initial licensure; out-of-state fingerprint hard card processing is $233)	$110 ($110 Application Initiation/Registration form fee payable to the Board, which includes a $10 mail-in application processing fee. Separate and additional: the ASPPB PLUS application fee payable to ASPPB, all exam fees payable to the exam vendors, the Fieldprint/GAPS fingerprint fee, and an optional temporary license (available only to endorsement and CPQ applicants) at $100)
Processing time	4–6 weeks (Board states processing takes approximately 1.5 months (4-6 weeks) for applications, subsequent documents/correspondence and requested deficiency documents. Because the application, the CPLEE request and the request for initial licensure are each processed separately at that pace, total time from filing to a California license is considerably longer)	~4 weeks (Board states applications are generally processed within 20 business days of receipt; a deficiency letter restarts the 20-day count, and an application may also have to wait for a Board meeting (it must be complete at least 15 days before the meeting))
Licensing authority	California Board of Psychology (Department of Consumer Affairs)	Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychologists (Secretary of State, Professional Licensing Boards Division)

The destination column is what you must satisfy — Georgia sets the rules for this move.

Step by step

Confirm Georgia's current requirements on the Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychologists (Secretary of State, Professional Licensing Boards Division) website (linked below) — rules change.
Submit the endorsement application to the Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychologists (Secretary of State, Professional Licensing Boards Division) (application linked below).
Arrange license verification from your current state.
Hold a current, unencumbered psychologist license in a jurisdiction whose standards the Board finds are not lower than Georgia's.
Pass the Georgia Jurisprudence (Laws & Rules) examination.
Pass the Board's oral examination based on a recent work sample, administered monthly by Zoom.
Complete a fingerprint criminal background check through Fieldprint/GAPS as required by O.C.G.A. 43-39-6 and 43-39-8(b)(6).
Register with the Board through the GOALS portal, then complete the ASPPB PLUS licensure application, which carries a separate fee payable to ASPPB.
Submit a Secure and Verifiable Document and an Affidavit of Citizenship with the Application Initiation form.
Pay the fees ($110 ($110 Application Initiation/Registration form fee payable to the Board, which includes a $10 mail-in application processing fee. Separate and additional: the ASPPB PLUS application fee payable to ASPPB, all exam fees payable to the exam vendors, the Fieldprint/GAPS fingerprint fee, and an optional temporary license (available only to endorsement and CPQ applicants) at $100)) and allow ~4 weeks (Board states applications are generally processed within 20 business days of receipt; a deficiency letter restarts the 20-day count, and an application may also have to wait for a Board meeting (it must be complete at least 15 days before the meeting)).

Official links

Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychologists (Secretary of State, Professional Licensing Boards Division) ↗Georgia application ↗Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact ↗

Frequently asked questions

Does Georgia accept a California psychology license?

Do I retake the EPPP moving from California to Georgia?

No — the EPPP is passed once and your score is verified rather than retaken. EPPP passing score transfers (not retaken) but must equal or exceed the ASPPB standard passing score, and endorsement applicants licensed on or after 1 November 2020 must also have passed EPPP Part 2 (Skills). Georgia additionally requires its own Jurisprudence (Laws & Rules) examination AND a Board oral examination based on a recent work sample — both apply even to CPQ holders and to senior psychologists licensed 10+ years.

What does the move cost?

$110 ($110 Application Initiation/Registration form fee payable to the Board, which includes a $10 mail-in application processing fee. Separate and additional: the ASPPB PLUS application fee payable to ASPPB, all exam fees payable to the exam vendors, the Fieldprint/GAPS fingerprint fee, and an optional temporary license (available only to endorsement and CPQ applicants) at $100) ($110 Application Initiation/Registration form fee payable to the Board, which includes a $10 mail-in application processing fee. Separate and additional: the ASPPB PLUS application fee payable to ASPPB, all exam fees payable to the exam vendors, the Fieldprint/GAPS fingerprint fee, and an optional temporary license (available only to endorsement and CPQ applicants) at $100).

How long will it take?

~4 weeks (Board states applications are generally processed within 20 business days of receipt; a deficiency letter restarts the 20-day count, and an application may also have to wait for a Board meeting (it must be complete at least 15 days before the meeting)) — Board states applications are generally processed within 20 business days of receipt; a deficiency letter restarts the 20-day count, and an application may also have to wait for a Board meeting (it must be complete at least 15 days before the meeting).

Sources

Primary sources only — official boards and compact commissions. Data last verified 2026-08-07.

Reviewed by Billy Reiner, Editor · verified against primary sources 2026-08-07

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