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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4609
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4609
(a) It is a violation of this chapter for an applicant or a certificate holder to commit any of the following acts, the commission of which is grounds for the council to deny an application for a certificate or to impose discipline on a certificate holder: (1) Unprofessional cond
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 461
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 461
No public agency, state or local, shall, on an initial application form for any license, certificate or registration, ask for or require the applicant to reveal a record of arrest that did not result in a conviction or a plea of nolo contendere. A violation of this section is a m
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4610
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4610
(a) An applicant for a certificate shall not be denied a certificate, and a certificate holder shall not be disciplined pursuant to this chapter except according to procedures that satisfy the requirements of this section. Denial or discipline that is not in accord with this sect
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4611
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4611
(a) It is an unfair business practice for a person to do any of the following: (1) To hold himself or herself out or to use the title of “certified massage therapist” or “certified massage practitioner,” or any other term, such as “licensed,” “certified,” “CMT,” or “CMP,” in any
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4612
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4612
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a city, county, or city and county shall not enact or enforce an ordinance that conflicts with this chapter or Section 51034 of the Government Code. (b) Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a city, county, or city and county from licensing, reg
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4614
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4614
(a) Upon the request of any law enforcement agency or any other representative of a local government agency with responsibility for regulating or administering a local ordinance relating to massage or massage establishments, the council shall provide information concerning an app
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4615
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4615
(a) The council shall have the responsibility to determine whether the school from which an applicant has obtained the education required by this chapter meets the requirements of this chapter. (1) If the council has any reason to question whether or not the applicant received th
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4615.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4615.5
A school offering a professional massage therapy program that has not been approved by the council pursuant to this chapter, before enrolling a student in the school, shall notify the student in writing and obtain a signed confirmation from the student that the student has receiv
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4616
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4616
The council shall be sued only in the county of its principal office, which shall be in Sacramento, unless otherwise designated by the council.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4617
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4617
The superior court of a county of competent jurisdiction may, upon a petition by any person, issue an injunction or any other relief the court deems appropriate for a violation of this chapter by any person or establishment operating in that county subject to the provisions of th
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4618
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4618
The Legislature finds and declares that due to important health, safety, and welfare concerns that affect the entire state, establishing a uniform standard of certification for massage practitioners and massage therapists upon which consumers may rely to identify individuals who
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4619
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4619
(a) This chapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes. (b) The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any provision of this chapter or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given eff
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 462
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 462
(a) Any of the boards, bureaus, commissions, or programs within the department may establish, by regulation, a system for an inactive category of licensure for persons who are not actively engaged in the practice of their profession or vocation. (b) The regulation shall contain t
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4621
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4621
(a) This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2030, and as of that date is repealed. (b) Notwithstanding any other law, the powers and duties of the council shall be subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 464
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 464
(a) Any of the boards within the department may establish, by regulation, a system for a retired category of licensure for persons who are not actively engaged in the practice of their profession or vocation. (b) The regulation shall contain the following: (1) A retired license s
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 465
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 465
The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The resolution of many disputes can be unnecessarily costly, time-consuming, and complex when achieved through formal court proceedings where the parties are adversaries and are subjected to formalized procedures
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 465.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 465.5
It is the intent of the Legislature to permit counties to accomplish all of the following: (a) Encouragement and support of the development and use of alternative dispute resolution techniques. (b) Encouragement and support of community participation in the development, administr
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4650
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4650
This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Music Therapy Act.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4651
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4651
The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Existing national certification of music therapists requires the therapist to have graduated with a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent, or higher, from a music therapy degree program approved by the American Music Therapy Ass
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4652
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4652
It is the intent of the Legislature that this chapter do the following: (a) Provide a statutory definition of music therapy. (b) Enable consumers and state and local agencies to more easily identify qualified music therapists.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4653
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4653
As used in this chapter: (a) “Music therapy” means the clinical and evidence-based use of music therapy interventions in developmental, rehabilitative, habilitative, medical, mental health, preventive, wellness care, or educational settings to address physical, emotional, cogniti
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4654
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4654
An individual who provides music therapy shall not refer to oneself using the title of “Board Certified Music Therapist” unless the individual has completed all of the following: (a) A bachelor’s degree or its equivalent, or higher, from a music therapy degree program approved by
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4655
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4655
This chapter shall not be construed to authorize a person engaged in music therapy to state or imply that they provide mental health counseling, psychotherapy, or occupational therapy for which a license is required under this division. While the use of music is not restricted to
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4656
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4656
It is an unfair business practice within the meaning of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 17200) of Part 2 of Division 7, for a person to use the title “Board Certified Music Therapist” if they do not meet the requirements of Section 4654.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4657
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4657
This chapter shall not be construed to require a music therapist currently employed by the State of California to obtain certification as a Board Certified Music Therapist.