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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4980.50
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4980.50
(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 as set forth in Section 4980.397. The examinations shall be given at least twice a year
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4980.54
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4980.54
(a) The Legislature recognizes that the education and experience requirements in this chapter constitute only minimal requirements to ensure that an applicant is prepared and qualified to take the licensure examinations as specified in Section 4980.397 and, if an applicant passes
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4980.55
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4980.55
As a model for all therapeutic professions, and to acknowledge respect and regard for the consuming public, all licensed marriage and family therapists are encouraged to provide to each client, at an appropriate time and within the context of the psychotherapeutic relationship, a
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4980.57
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4980.57
(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 date of this section in spousal or partner abuse assessment, detection, and intervention stra
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4980.60
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4980.60
(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 rules and regulations shall be made in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340)
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4980.70
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4980.70
Except as provided by Section 159.5, the board may employ whatever additional personnel is necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4980.72
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4980.72
The board may issue a license to a person who, at the time of submitting an application for a license pursuant to this chapter, holds a license in another jurisdiction of the United States as a marriage and family therapist at the highest level for independent clinical practice i
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4980.74
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4980.74
(a) This section applies to persons with education gained from an out-of-state school or experience gained outside of California who apply for licensure or registration and who do not qualify for a license under Section 4980.72. (b) The board shall accept education gained from an
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4980.76
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4980.76
An applicant for licensure or registration with a degree obtained from an educational institution outside the United States shall provide the board with a comprehensive evaluation of the degree performed by a foreign credential evaluation service that is a member of the National
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4980.78
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4980.78
(a) This section applies to persons with education gained from an out-of-state school who apply for licensure or registration and who do not qualify for a license under Section 4980.72. (b) For purposes of Section 4980.74, education is substantially equivalent if all of the follo
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4980.81
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4980.81
This section applies to persons subject to Section 4980.78 who apply for licensure or registration. (a) For purposes of Section 4980.78, an applicant shall meet all of the following educational requirements: (1) A minimum of two semester units of instruction in the diagnosis, ass
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4982
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4982
The board may deny a license or registration or may suspend or revoke the license or registration of a licensee or registrant if the licensee or registrant has been guilty of unprofessional conduct. Unprofessional conduct includes, but is not limited to, the following: (a) The co
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4982.01
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4982.01
(a) The Board of Behavioral Sciences shall require an applicant for marriage and family therapist licensure or registration as an associate marriage and family therapist, as defined in Sections 4980, 4980.02, and 4980.03, to undergo a fingerprint-based state and national criminal
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4982.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4982.1
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 procedures set forth in Article 12.5 (commencing with Section 820) of Chapter 1
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4982.15
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4982.15
(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 or registration of any licensee or associate. (2) Upon the issuance of a license to an in
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4982.25
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4982.25
The board may deny an application, or may suspend or revoke a license or registration issued under this chapter, for any of the following: (a) Denial of licensure, revocation, suspension, restriction, or any other disciplinary action imposed by another state or territory or posse
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4982.26
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4982.26
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 of Title 2 of the Government Code, that contains any finding of fact that the license
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4982.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4982.3
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.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4983
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4983
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 exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or by both.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4983.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4983.1
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, an offense against this chapter, the superior court in and for the county wherein the acts or prac
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4984
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4984
(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 an unexpired license, the licensee, on or before the expiration date of the license, shall do all o
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4984.01
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4984.01
(a) The associate marriage and family therapist registration shall expire one year from the last day of the month in which it was issued. (b) To renew the registration, the registrant shall, on or before the expiration date of the registration, complete all of the following actio
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4984.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4984.1
A licensee may renew a license at any time within three years after its expiration by completing all of the actions described in subdivision (b) of Section 4984 and paying any delinquency fees.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4984.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4984.2
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 it is reinstated, to engage in the activity to which the license relates, or in any other activity o
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4984.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4984.3
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 to its reinstatement, pay a reinstatement fee in an amount equal to the renewal fee in effect