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STATUTES AND REGULATIONS

RELATING TO THE PRACTICES OF

PROFESSIONAL CLINICAL COUNSELING

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY

EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK

JANUARY 2024

STEVE SODERGREN

EXECUTIVE OFFICER

STATUTES AND REGULATIONS

RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF:

PROFESSIONAL CLINICAL COUNSELING

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY

EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK

ISSUED BY:

BOARD OF

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

1625 North Market Blvd, Suite S200

Sacramento, CA 95834



January 2024

STEVE SODERGREN

EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Note to Reader

This publication is a condensed version of the statutes and regulations of the professions

regulated by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. However, it does not incorporate all sections

of law contained within any of the respective codes. To access a complete and current listing

of the California Codes, please visit the following websites:

Reference sources:

? California Statutes

? California Code of Regulations

While every effort has been made to ensure that the book is current and accurate, readers

are advised that the applicable statutes and regulations are subject to revision. Should any

difference or discrepancy occur, duly enacted statutes or regulations shall take precedence

over the information contained herein.

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NEW / AMENDED LAWS

The following statutes and regulations have been amended:

(All sections are in the Business & Professions Code unless otherwise noted)

Section Number

¡ì27

¡ì27.5

¡ì115.10

¡ì115.4

¡ì4980

¡ì4980.11

¡ì4980.30

¡ì4989.14

¡ì4990.13

Chapter 14 Article 1

Heading

¡ì4991.2

¡ì4996.16.1

¡ì4999.23

Health & Safety

Code ¡ì123110

Welfare &

Institutions Code

¡ì15630

Family Code ¡ì6924

NEW / AMENDED LAWS

Business and Professions Code Change

Technical, nonsubstantive changes.

Provides a method to keep name changes confidential on the Board's online

license verification system in circumstances where the name was changed to

match gender identity, or due to certain circumstances of domestic violence.

Provides a registration to practice for military members and spouses who are

licensed in other states and relocate due to military orders.

Provides expedited licensure to active military who are enrolled in the U.S.

Department of Defense SkillBridge program.

Makes technical, clarifying amendments.

Provides a 30-day temporary practice allowance to qualifying licensees of another

state or U.S. jurisdiction.

Makes technical, clarifying amendments.

Makes a clarifying amendment.

Clarifies that the Board's internet website can be used for purposes of license and

registration verification.

Adds a "General Provisions" header.

Makes a technical, clarifying amendment.

Provides a 30-day temporary practice allowance to qualifying licensees of another

state or U.S. jurisdiction.

Provides a 30-day temporary practice allowance to qualifying licensees of another

state or U.S. jurisdiction.

Makes a nonsubstantive technical amendment.

Makes changes to the mandated reporting requirements for elder or dependent

adult abuse.

Makes the requirements for a minor to consent to mental health treatment for

Medi-Cal recipients equal to the minor mental health consent requirements for

non Medi-Cal recipients.

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THIS BOOKLET DOES NOT CONTAIN CHANGES MADE AFTER

January 1, 2024.

Please refer to the ¡°Law Changes¡± section of the Board¡¯s website for

any changes made after this date.

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