Schlachter v. Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychologists

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

The Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychologists (“appellee”) served Paul Schlachter (“appellant”) with notice of a hearing of charges that he had failed to maintain appropriate treatment boundaries with a former patient in that he had engaged in a sexual relationship with the patient. Appellant submitted a number of pre-hearing motions for ruling by the hearing officer. The hearing officer entered orders denying appellant’s motion to dismiss (based on appellee’s delay in bringing and prosecuting the charges stated in the notice of hearing), request for the…