This chapter is known and may be cited as the Psychiatric Technicians Law....
(a) Board, as used in this chapter, means the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians. (b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2008, and, as of January 1,...
Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the board in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever the protection of the public...
As used in this chapter, psychiatric technician means any person who, for compensation or personal profit, implements procedures and techniques which involve understanding of cause...
A psychiatric technician, working in a mental health facility or developmental disability facility, when prescribed by a physician and surgeon, may administer medications by hypodermic injection....
A psychiatric technician, when prescribed by a physician and surgeon, may withdraw blood from a patient with a mental illness or developmental disability if the psychiatric technician...
(a) A psychiatric technician, when prescribed by a physician and surgeon, may perform the following activities on a patient with a mental illness or developmental disability: (1)...
(a) The board shall administer and enforce this chapter. (b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2008, and, as of January 1, 2009, is repealed, unless a later enacted...
The board may adopt rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this chapter....
Except as provided by Section 159.5, the board may employ whatever personnel is necessary for the administration of this chapter....
This chapter shall not apply to the following: (a) Physicians and surgeons licensed pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000) of Division 2. (b) Psychologists licensed pursuant...
This chapter does not prohibit provisions of the services regulated herein with or without compensation or personal profit, when done by the tenets of any well-recognized church...
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent persons from performing services described in Section 4502 for purposes of training to qualify for licensure under a program approved by...
The board shall issue a psychiatric technician's license to each applicant who qualifies therefor, and, if required to take it, successfully passes the examination given pursuant to...
An applicant for license by examination shall submit a written application in the form prescribed by the board. After completion of a board accredited or approved psychiatric technician program...
An applicant for a psychiatric technician's license shall have the following qualifications: (a) Be at least 18 years of age. (b) Have successfully completed an approved...
Schools accredited by the board for the training of psychiatric technicians shall establish assessment procedures for the purpose of evaluating the training and experience possessed...
An applicant for a psychiatric technician's license shall, upon the filing of his application, pay to the board the application fee prescribed by this chapter....
Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, every applicant for a psychiatric technician's license shall be examined by the board. The examination shall be held at least once a year and...
Upon written application and receipt of the required application fee the board may issue a license to any applicant who possesses a valid unrevoked license or certificate as...
Every person licensed under this chapter may be known as a licensed psychiatric technician and may place the letters P.T. after his name....
The board may, in its discretion, provide for a continuing education program in connection with the professional functions and courses described in this chapter. The number of course hours...
In the event the board adopts a continuing education program, the board may collect a biennial fee as prescribed under Section 4548 from any provider of a course in continuing...
(a) In the case of a person who is employed by the state as a psychiatric technician, no state funds shall be expended in releasing the person from duty to attend continuing...
Every licensed psychiatric technician under this chapter may be disciplined as provided in this article. The disciplinary proceedings shall be conducted by the board in accordance with Chapter...
The board may suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter for any of the following reasons: (a) Unprofessional conduct, which includes, but is not limited to, any of the following: ...
The board may issue an initial license on probation, with specific terms and conditions, to any applicant who has violated any term of this chapter, but who has met all other...
(a) If a psychiatric technician has knowledge that another person has committed any act prohibited by Section 4521, the psychiatric technician shall report this information to the board...
The board may deny any application or may suspend or revoke any license or permit issued under this chapter, for any of the following: (a) The denial of licensure, suspension, restriction...
A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere made to a charge substantially related to the qualifications, functions and duties of a psychiatric...
(a) A person whose license has been revoked, suspended, surrendered, or placed on probation, may petition the board for reinstatement or modification of the penalty, including...
The board shall prepare and maintain a list of accredited schools which offer an accredited program for psychiatric technicians....
The course of instruction of an accredited school shall consist of not less than the number of hours or semester units of instruction required for the other program administered by the board. ...
The board shall provide for the periodic inspection of all psychiatric technician schools in this State. Written reports of the inspection shall be made to the board, which shall then...
After January 1, 1970, no person shall perform services described in Section 4502 without a license issued under this chapter....
It is unlawful for any person to use any title or letters which imply that he is a certified or licensed psychiatric technician unless at the time of so doing he holds a valid,...
It is unlawful for any person willfully to make any false representation, impersonate any other person, or permit or aid any other person in any manner to impersonate him in connection...
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon a conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than...
A license expires each year on that date prescribed by the board, if not renewed. To renew an unexpired license the holder thereof shall, on or before each of the dates on which...
The board may establish a biennial renewal period....
Except as provided in Section 2, a license that has expired may be renewed at any time within four years after its expiration on filing an application for renewal on a form prescribed by...
A suspended certificate is subject to expiration in the same manner as provided in this article for an unsuspended certificate, is subject to renewal in the same manner as provided in this...
A revoked certificate is subject to expiration in the same manner as provided in this article for an unrevoked certificate, but it may not be renewed. An application for reinstatement of...
A certificate and the holder thereof are subject to this section in the same manner as are a license and the holder thereof. A license which is not renewed within four years...
The board shall report each month to the Controller the amount and source of all revenue received by it pursuant to this chapter and at the same time pay the entire amount thereof into...
All expenses incurred in the operation of this chapter shall be paid out of the Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians Fund from the revenue received by the board under this...
The amount of the fees prescribed by this chapter in connection with the issuance of licenses under its provisions shall be according to the following schedule: (a) The fee to be paid upon...