(a) Many California families and many individual Californians are experiencing difficulty and distress, and are in need of wise, competent, caring, compassionate, and effective counseling...
(a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to constrict, limit, or withdraw the Medical Practice Act, the Social Work Licensing Law, the Nursing Practice Act, or the Psychology Licensing...
For the purposes of this chapter, the practice of marriage and family therapy shall mean that service performed with individuals, couples, or groups wherein interpersonal...
(a) Board, as used in this chapter, means the Board of Behavioral Sciences. (b) Intern, as used in this chapter, means an unlicensed person who has earned his or her master's or...
The board shall administer the provisions of this chapter....
(a) The title licensed marriage, family and child counselor or marriage, family and child counselor is hereby renamed licensed marriage and family therapist or marriage...
A person engages in the practice of marriage and family therapy who performs or offers to perform or holds himself or herself out as able to perform this service for remuneration in...
Except as otherwise provided herein, a person desiring to practice and to advertise the performance of marriage and family therapy services shall apply to the board for a license and shall...
A licensee shall display his or her license in a conspicuous place in the licensee's primary place of practice....
It is the intent of the Legislature that the board employ its resources for each and all of the following functions: (a) The licensing of marriage and family therapists,...
(a) The Legislature acknowledges that the basic obligation to provide a complete and accurate application for a marriage and family therapist license lies with the applicant. At the...
(a) In order to provide an integrated course of study and appropriate professional training, while allowing for innovation and individuality in the education of marriage and family...
(a) Each educational institution preparing applicants to qualify for licensure shall notify each of its students by means of its public documents or otherwise in writing that its degree...
(a) Any applicant for licensure as a marriage and family therapist who began graduate study on or after January 1, 2004, shall complete, as a condition of licensure, a minimum of 10...
(a) Effective January 1, 2005, as a condition of the first renewal of a person's license pursuant to this chapter, any person who began graduate study prior to January 1, 2004, shall complete...
To qualify for a license, an applicant shall have all the following qualifications: (a) Applicants applying for licensure on or after January 1, 1988, shall possess a doctor's or...
All applicants for licensure shall complete the following coursework or training in order to be eligible to sit for the licensing examinations as specified in subdivision (g) of Section 4980.40: ...
(a) Trainees performing services in any work setting specified in subdivision (e) of Section 4980.43 may perform those activities and services as a trainee, provided that the activities and...
(a) For all applicants, a minimum of two calendar years of supervised experience is required, which experience shall consist of 3,000 hours obtained over a period of not less than 104 weeks....
(a) An unlicensed marriage and family therapist intern employed under this chapter shall: (1) Have earned at least a master's degree as specified in Section 4980.40. (2) Be registered...
(a) A licensed professional in private practice who is a marriage and family therapist, a psychologist, a clinical social worker, a licensed physician certified in psychiatry by the...
Any licensed marriage and family therapist who conducts a private practice under a fictitious business name shall not use any name that is false, misleading, or deceptive, and shall...
A trainee shall inform each client or patient, prior to performing any professional services, that he or she is unlicensed and under the supervision of a licensed marriage and family therapist,...
(a) Every applicant who meets the educational and experience requirements and applies for a license as a marriage and family therapist shall be examined by the board. The examinations shall be...
(a) The Legislature recognizes that the education and experience requirements in this chapter constitute only minimal requirements to assure that an applicant is prepared and qualified to take...
As a model for all therapeutic professions, and to acknowledge respect and regard for the consuming public, all marriage and family therapists are encouraged to provide to each client,...
(a) The board shall require a licensee who began graduate study prior to January 1, 2004, to take a continuing education course during his or her first renewal period after the operative...
(a) The board may adopt those rules and regulations as may be necessary to enable it to carry into effect the provisions of this chapter. The adoption, amendment, or repeal of those...
Except as provided by Section 159.5, the board may employ whatever additional personnel is necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter....
The board may issue a license to any person who, at the time of application, has held for at least two years a valid license issued by a board of marriage counselor examiners,...
(a) Experience gained outside of California shall be accepted toward the licensure requirements if it is substantially equivalent to that required by this chapter and if the applicant has gained...
This article applies to licenses to engage in the business of marriage and family therapy, and does not apply to the licenses provided for in Article 5 (commencing with Section 4986)...
The board may refuse to issue any registration or license, or may suspend or revoke the license or registration of any registrant or licensee if the applicant, licensee, or registrant has...
(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b), (c), and (e), any accusation filed against a licensee pursuant to Section 11503 of the Government Code shall be filed within three years from...
(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b), (c), and (e), any accusation filed against a licensee pursuant to Section 11503 of the Government Code shall be filed within three years from the...
The board may refuse to issue any registration or license whenever it appears that an applicant may be unable to practice his or her profession safely due to mental illness or chemical dependency....
(a) The board may place a license or registration on probation under the following circumstances: (1) In lieu of, or in addition to, any order of the board suspending or revoking the license...
(a) A licensed marriage and family therapist, licensed clinical social worker, or educational psychologist whose license has been revoked or suspended or who has been placed on...
The board may deny any application, or may suspend or revoke any license or registration issued under this chapter, for any of the following: (a) Denial of licensure, revocation,...
Notwithstanding Section 4982, any proposed decision or decision issued under this chapter in accordance with the procedures set forth in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part...
The proceedings conducted under this article shall be held in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code....
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not...
In addition to other proceedings provided for in this chapter, whenever any person has engaged, or is about to engage, in any acts or practices which constitute, or will constitute,...
(a) Licenses issued under this chapter shall expire no more than 24 months after the issue date. The expiration date of the original license shall be set by the board. (b) To renew...
A license that has expired may be renewed at any time within five years after its expiration on filing an application for renewal on a form prescribed by the board and payment of the...
A suspended license is subject to expiration and shall be renewed as provided in this article, but such renewal does not entitle the licensee, while it remains suspended and until...
A revoked license is subject to expiration as provided in this article, but it may not be renewed. If it is reinstated after its expiration, the licensee shall, as a condition precedent...
A license that is not renewed within five years after its expiration may not be renewed, restored, reinstated, or reissued thereafter, but the licensee may apply for and obtain a new license if: ...
The board shall report each month to the Controller the amount and source of all revenue received pursuant to this chapter and at the same time pay the entire amount thereof into...
(a) The Behavioral Sciences Fund is continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the Board of Behavioral Sciences for carrying out and enforcing the provisions of this chapter. ...
The amount of the fees prescribed by this chapter that relate to licensing of persons to engage in the business of marriage and family therapy is that established by the following schedule: ...
In addition to the fees charged pursuant to Section 4984.7 for the biennial renewal of a license pursuant to Section 4984, the board shall collect an additional fee of ten dollars ($10)...
A licensed marriage and family therapist may apply to the board to request that his or her license be placed on inactive status. A licensee who holds an inactive license shall pay a...
A licensee or registrant shall give written notice to the board of a name change within 30 days after each change, giving both the old and new names. A copy of the legal document...
Persons licensed under this article by the board may practice pursuant to this article....
(a) A licensed educational psychologist shall be authorized to perform any of the following professional functions pertaining to academic learning processes or the educational system or both: ...
A person who desires a license under this article shall meet all of the following qualifications: (a) He or she shall possess at least a master's degree in psychology, educational...
(a) Only individuals who have the qualifications prescribed by the board under this chapter are eligible to take the examination. Every applicant who is issued a license as...
The board may, in its discretion, provide for a continuing education program in connection with the professional functions and courses described in this article....
The board shall issue an educational psychologist license to all applicants who meet the requirements of this article and who pay the board the fees required by this chapter....
A licensee shall display his or her license in a conspicuous place in the licensee's primary place of practice....
(a) Licenses issued under this chapter shall expire no later than 24 months after the issue date. The expiration date of the original license shall be set by the board. (b) To renew...
A license that has expired may be renewed at any time within five years after its expiration on filing an application for renewal on a form prescribed by the board and payment of the renewal fee...
A suspended license is subject to expiration and shall be renewed as provided in this article. A person with a suspended license shall not, until the reinstatement of his or her...
A revoked license is subject to expiration as provided in this article and shall not be renewed. Upon reinstatement of a license after its expiration, a licensee shall, prior...
A license that is not renewed within five years after its expiration may not be renewed, restored, reinstated, or reissued thereafter. A licensee may apply for and obtain a new license if he or...
A licensee shall give written notice to the board of a name change within 30 days after each change, providing both the old and new names. A copy of the legal document affecting the...
It is unlawful for any person to use any title or letters which imply that he or she is a licensed educational psychologist unless at the time of so doing he or she holds a valid,...
The board may refuse to issue a license or may suspend or revoke the license of any licensee if he or she has been guilty of unprofessional conduct that has endangered or is likely to...
(g) Denial of licensure, revocation, suspension, restriction, or any other disciplinary action imposed by another state or territory or possession of the United States, or by any...
The board shall revoke any license issued under this chapter upon a decision made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3...
The board may refuse to issue any license whenever it appears that an applicant may be unable to practice his or her profession safely due to mental illness or chemical dependency....
The amount of the fees prescribed by this chapter that relate to the licensing of educational psychologists is that established by the following schedule: (a) Persons applying for an...
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor....
A licensed educational psychologist may apply to the board to request that his or her license be placed on inactive status. Licensees who hold an inactive license shall pay a biennial fee...
In addition to other proceedings provided for in this article, whenever any person has engaged, or is about to engage in any acts or practices which constitute, or will constitute,...
The board may, by rules or regulations, adopt, amend or repeal rules of professional conduct appropriate to the establishment and maintenance of a high standard of integrity and dignity...
A marriage and family therapy corporation is a corporation that is authorized to render professional services, as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code, so long as that...
It shall constitute unprofessional conduct and a violation of this chapter for any person licensed under this chapter to violate, attempt to violate, directly or indirectly, or assist in...
The name of a marriage and family therapy corporation shall contain one or more of the words marriage, family, and child together with one or more of the words counseling,...
Except as provided in Section 13403 of the Corporations Code, each director, shareholder, and officer of a marriage and family therapy corporation shall be a licensed person as defined...
The income of a marriage and family therapy corporation attributable to professional services rendered while a shareholder is a disqualified person (as defined in the...
A marriage and family therapy corporation shall not do or fail to do any act the doing of which or the failure to do which would constitute unprofessional conduct under any statute,...
The board may formulate and enforce rules and regulations to carry out the purposes and objectives of this article, including rules and regulations requiring (a) that the articles...
The powers and duties of the board, as set forth in this chapter, shall be subject to the review required by Division 1.2 (commencing with Section 473). The review shall be performed as...