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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.20
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.20
(a) “Supervisor,” as used in this chapter, means an individual who meets all of the following requirements: (1) Has held an active license for at least two years within the five-year period immediately preceding any supervision as either: (A) A licensed professional clinical coun
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.21
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.21
The board may audit the records of any supervisor to verify the completion of the supervisor qualifications specified by this chapter and by regulation. A supervisor shall maintain records of completion of the required supervisor qualifications for seven years after termination o
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.22
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.22
(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (d), the board shall not renew any license pursuant to this chapter unless the applicant certifies to the board, on a form prescribed by the board, that the applicant has completed not less than 36 hours of approved continuing education i
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.23
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.23
(a) To qualify for licensure, each applicant shall complete 3,000 hours of post-master’s degree supervised experience related to the practice of clinical social work. Except as provided in subdivision (b), experience shall not be gained until the applicant is registered as an ass
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.23.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.23.1
(a) Except for experience gained by attending workshops, seminars, training sessions, or conferences, as described in paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) of Section 4996.23, direct supervisor contact shall occur as follows: (1) Supervision shall include at least one hour of direct s
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.23.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.23.2
(a) An associate clinical social worker or applicant for licensure shall only perform mental health and related services as an employee or as a volunteer, not as an independent contractor. The requirements of this chapter regarding hours of experience and supervision shall apply
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.23.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.23.3
(a) An associate clinical social worker or an applicant for licensure shall only perform mental health and related services at the places where their employer permits business to be conducted. (b) An associate who is employed by, or volunteering in, a private practice or a profes
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.25
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.25
(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 10 contact hours of coursework in aging and long-term care, which could include, but is not limited
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.26
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.26
(a) A licensee who began graduate study prior to January 1, 2004, shall complete a three-hour continuing education course in aging and long-term care during his or her first renewal period after the operative date of this section, and shall submit to the board evidence acceptable
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.27
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.27
(a) On or after January 1, 2021, an applicant for licensure as a clinical social worker shall show, as part of the application, that they have completed a minimum of six hours of coursework or applied experience under supervision in suicide risk assessment and intervention. This
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.27.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.27.1
(a) On or after July 1, 2023, an applicant for licensure as a clinical social worker shall show, as part of the application, that they have completed a minimum of three hours of training or coursework in the provision of mental health services via telehealth, which shall include
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.28
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.28
(a) Registration as an associate clinical social worker shall expire one year from the last day of the month during which it was issued. To renew a registration, the registrant shall, on or before the expiration date of the registration, complete all of the following actions: (1)
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.3
(a) The board shall assess the following fees relating to the licensure of clinical social workers: (1) The application fee for registration as an associate clinical social worker shall be one hundred fifty dollars ($150). The board may adopt regulations to set the fee at a highe
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.4
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.4
(a) Effective January 1, 2016, an applicant who fails the clinical examination may, within one year from the notification date of failure, retake that examination as regularly scheduled, without further application, upon payment of the required examination fees. Thereafter, the a
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.5
The board shall issue a license to each applicant meeting the requirements of this article, which license, so long as the renewal fees have been paid, licenses the holder to engage in the practice of clinical social work as defined in Section 4996.9, entitles the holder to use th
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.6
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.6
(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 shall, on or before the expiration date of the license, complete
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.61
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.61
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 the license remains suspended and until it is reinstated, to engage in the activity to which the license relates, or in any other a
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.62
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.62
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
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.65
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.65
(a) In addition to the fees charged pursuant to Section 4996.3 for the biennial renewal of a license pursuant to Section 4996.6, the board shall collect an additional fee of twenty dollars ($20) at the time of renewal. The board shall transfer this amount to the Controller who sh
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.7
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.7
A licensee shall display their license in a conspicuous place in the licensee’s primary place of practice when rendering professional clinical services in person.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.75
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.75
(a) A licensee or registrant shall provide a client with a notice written in at least 12-point type prior to initiating psychotherapy services, or as soon as practicably possible thereafter, that reads as follows: NOTICE TO CLIENTS The Board of Behavioral Sciences receives and re
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.9
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4996.9
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 in determining behavior, is directed at helping people to achieve more adequate, satisfying, and produ
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4997
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4997
(a) A licensee may apply to the board to request that his or her license be placed on inactive status. (b) A licensee on inactive status shall be subject to this chapter and shall not engage in the practice of clinical social work in this state. (c) A licensee who holds an inacti
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4997.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4997.1
(a) (1) The board shall issue, upon submission of a completed application as prescribed by this section and payment of the fee fixed by this chapter, a retired license to a licensed clinical social worker who holds a license that is current and active or a license that is inactiv
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4998
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4998
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 that corporation and its shareholders, officers, directors, and employees rendering professional ser