This chapter of the Business and Professions Code constitutes the chapter on social workers. It is to be liberally construed to effect its objectives....
There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a Board of Behavioral Sciences which consists of 11 members. This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2006, and, as of January 1, 2007,...
Wherever Board of Social Work Examiners of the State of California or Social Worker and Marriage Counselor Qualifications Board of the State of California is used in any law or...
Two members of the board shall be state-licensed clinical social workers, one shall be a licensed educational psychologist, two shall be state-licensed marriage and family therapists,...
Approved school of social work, within the meaning of this chapter, is a school that is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the Council on Social Work Education....
Each member of the board, except the members first appointed, shall be appointed for a term of four years and shall hold office until the appointment and qualification of his or her successor...
Not later than the first of March of each calendar year, the board shall elect a chairperson and a vice chairperson from its membership....
The board shall appoint an executive officer, which position is hereby designated as a confidential position and exempt from civil service under subdivision (e) of Section 4 of Article VII of...
The executive officer shall exercise the powers and perform the duties delegated by the board and vested in him or her by this chapter. This section shall become inoperative on July 1,...
With the approval of the Director of Consumer Affairs, the board shall fix the salary of the executive officer....
Subject to the State Civil Service Act and Section 159.5, the board may employ such clerical, technical, and other assistants as it deems necessary, within budget limitations....
The board shall keep an accurate record of all of its proceedings and a register of all applicants for licenses and of all individuals to whom a license as a licensed clinical social...
The board may conduct research in, and make studies of problems involved in, the maintaining of professional standards among those engaged in social service work in California and may...
Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the Board of Behavioral Sciences in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever the protection of the...
The duty of enforcing this chapter is vested in the board and the executive officer subject to and under the direction of the board. In the performance of this duty, the board and...
The board may make such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the enforcement of this chapter and may by rule and regulation prescribe the qualifications for licensure....
The board shall have and use a seal bearing the words The Board of Behavioral Sciences, and shall otherwise conform to Section 107.5....
Each member of the board shall receive a per diem and expenses as provided in Section 103....
Every applicant for a license under this chapter shall file an application with the board accompanied by the application fee prescribed by this chapter. Every application received...
(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 clinical social...
The board may refuse to issue a registration or a license, or may suspend or revoke the license or registration of any registrant or licensee if the applicant, licensee, or registrant...
(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...
Notwithstanding Section 4992.3, 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 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....
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,...
The proceedings for the suspension or revocation of licenses under this chapter shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title...
Examinations may be held at those times and places as the board may determine. However, one examination shall be held during each calendar year. The board may make arrangements...
Every person who willfully makes any false statement or who impersonates any other person or permits or aids any other person to impersonate him or her in connection with any...
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...
Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code and except as provided in Section 4984.6, all moneys in the Behavioral Sciences Fund are continuously appropriated to the board, to...
If those moneys transferred from the Behavioral Science Examiners Fund to the General Fund pursuant to the 1991 Budget Act are redeposited to the Behavioral Science Examiners Fund,...
(a) Only individuals who have received a license under this article may style themselves as Licensed Clinical Social Workers. Every individual who styles himself or herself or who...
The board shall issue a clinical social worker license to each applicant who qualifies pursuant to this article and successfully passes a board administered written or oral examination or...
Each applicant shall furnish evidence satisfactory to the board that he or she complies with all of the following requirements:...
(a) Each application for written examination received on or after January 1, 1999, shall be accompanied by an application fee of one hundred dollars ($100) and a fee of up to one...
Notwithstanding Section 4996.3, an applicant who has failed the written examination may apply for reexamination upon payment of the fee of up to one hundred fifty dollars ($150)...
The board shall issue a license to each applicant meeting the requirements of this article, which license, so long as the annual renewal fees have been paid, licenses the holder to engage...
(a) The renewal fee for licenses that expire on or after January 1, 1996, shall be a maximum of one hundred fifty-five dollars ($155) and shall be collected on a biennial basis by the...
In addition to the fees charged pursuant to Section 4996.6 for the biennial renewal of a license, the board shall collect an additional fee of ten dollars ($10) at the time of renewal....
A licensee shall display his or her license in a conspicuous place in the licensee's primary place of practice....
The current renewal receipt shall be displayed near the license....
The practice of clinical social work is defined as a service in which a special knowledge of social resources, human capabilities, and the part that unconscious motivation plays...
The provisions of this article shall be construed only as provisions relating to the examination and licensing of clinical social workers....
The provisions of this article shall be construed only as provisions relating to the examination and licensing of clinical social workers....
The board may suspend or revoke the license of any person who is guilty on the grounds set forth in Section 4992.3. The proceedings for the suspension or revocation of licenses under...
Any person who violates this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding a period of six months, or by a fine not exceeding...
Nothing in this article shall prevent qualified members of other professional groups from doing work of a psychosocial nature consistent with the standards and ethics of their...
Nothing in this chapter shall restrict or prevent activities of a psychosocial nature or the use of the official title of the position for which they are employed on the part of...
Nothing in this article shall restrict or prevent activities of a psychosocial nature on the part of persons employed by accredited academic institutions, public schools, government agencies,...
Nothing in this chapter shall apply to any clinical social worker from outside this state, when in actual consultation with a licensed practitioner of this state, or when an invited guest...
(a) Experience gained outside of California shall be accepted toward the licensure requirements if it is substantially the equivalent of the requirements of this chapter. The board may...
(a) Any person who wishes to be credited with experience toward licensure requirements shall register with the board as an associate clinical social worker prior to obtaining that...
Nothing in this article shall prohibit the acts or practices of a licensed clinical social workers' corporation duly certificated pursuant to the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act,...
The experience required by subdivision (c) of Section 4996.2 shall meet the following criteria: (a) An applicant shall have at least 3,200 hours of post-master's experience, supervised by...
The experience required by subdivision (c) of Section 4996.2 shall meet the following criteria: (a) On or after January 1, 1999, an associate shall have at least 3,200 hours of...
(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (c), on and after January 1, 2000, the board shall not renew any license pursuant to this chapter unless the applicant certifies to the board, on...
The experience required by subdivision (c) of Section 4996.2 shall meet the following criteria: (a) All persons registered with the board on and after January 1, 2002, shall have at least...
(l) Associates shall not do the following: (1) Receive any remuneration from patients or clients and shall only be paid by his or her employer. (2) Have any proprietary interest in...
(a) Any applicant for licensure as a licensed clinical social worker who began graduate study on or after January 1, 2004, shall complete, as a condition of licensure, a minimum of...
(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...
A licensed clinical social worker 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 biennial fee...
A licensed clinical social worker corporation is a corporation that is authorized to render professional services, as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code, so long as...
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 or abet...
Notwithstanding Section 4996, the name of a licensed clinical social worker corporation and any name or names under which it may be rendering professional services shall contain...
Except as provided in Section 13403 of the Corporations Code, each director, shareholder, and officer of a licensed clinical social worker corporation shall be a licensed person as defined...
The income of a licensed clinical social worker corporation attributable to professional services rendered while a shareholder is a disqualified person, as defined in the...
A licensed clinical social worker 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...