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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.64
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.64
(a) Effective January 1, 2016, an applicant who fails the examination specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 4999.53 may, within one year from the notification date of that failure, retake the examination as regularly scheduled without further application upon p
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.66
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.66
(a) On or after January 1, 2021, an applicant for licensure as a professional clinical counselor 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 interventi
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.67
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.67
(a) On or after July 1, 2023, an applicant for licensure as a professional clinical counselor 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
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.7
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.7
(a) This section does not limit, preclude, or otherwise interfere with the practices of other persons licensed or otherwise authorized to practice, under any other provision of this division, telephone medical advice services consistent with the laws governing their respective sc
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.70
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.70
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 § 4999.71
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.71
(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 § 4999.72
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.72
Any licensed professional clinical counselor who owns a business using a fictitious business name shall not use any name that is false, misleading, or deceptive, and shall inform the patient, prior to the commencement of treatment, of the name and license designation of the owner
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.74
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.74
Licensed professional clinical counselors shall provide to each client accurate information about the counseling relationship and the counseling process.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.75
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.75
(a) A licensed professional clinical counselor shall retain a client’s or patient’s health service records for a minimum of seven years from the date therapy is terminated. If the client or patient is a minor, the client’s or patient’s health service records shall be retained for
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.76
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.76
(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 § 4999.8
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.8
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Artificial intelligence” or “AI” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 11546.45.5 of the Government Code. (b) “Generative artificial intelligence” or “GenAI” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 11
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.80
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.80
In order to carry out the provisions of this chapter, the board shall do all of the following: (a) Enforce laws designed to protect the public from incompetent, unethical, or unprofessional practitioners. (b) Investigate complaints concerning the conduct of any licensed professio
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.82
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.82
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in any of the following acts: (a) Engage in the practice of professional clinical counseling, as defined in Section 4999.20, without first having complied with the provisions of this chapter and without holding a valid license as requ
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.84
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.84
It is the intent of the Legislature that any communication made by a person to a licensed professional clinical counselor in the course of professional services shall be deemed a privileged communication.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.86
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.86
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or by both that fine and imprisonment.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.88
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.88
In addition to other proceedings provided in this chapter, whenever any person has engaged, or is about to engage, in any acts or practices that constitute, or will constitute, an offense against this chapter, the superior court in and for the county wherein the acts or practices
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.9
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.9
(a) (1) A violation of this chapter is subject to the jurisdiction of the appropriate health care professional licensing board or enforcement agency. (2) The appropriate health care professional licensing board may pursue an injunction or restraining order to enforce the provisio
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.90
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.90
The board may refuse to issue any registration or license, or may suspend or revoke the registration or license of any associate or licensed professional clinical counselor, if the applicant, licensee, or registrant has been guilty of unprofessional conduct. Unprofessional conduc
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.91
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.91
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, suspension, restriction, or any other disciplinary action imposed by this state or another state or t
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.92
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4999.92
(a) The Board of Behavioral Sciences shall require an applicant for professional clinical counselor licensure or registration as an associate professional clinical counselor, as defined in Sections 4999.12, 4999.20, and 4999.30, to undergo a fingerprint-based state and national c
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5
No rights given by any license or certificate under any act repealed by this code are affected by the enactment of this code or by such repeal, but such rights shall hereafter be exercised according to the provisions of this code.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 500
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 500
If the register or book of registration of the Medical Board of California, the Dental Board of California, or the California State Board of Pharmacy is destroyed by fire or other public calamity, the board, whose duty it is to keep the register or book, may reproduce it so that
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5000
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5000
(a) There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs the California Board of Accountancy, which consists of 15 members, 7 of whom shall be licensees, and 8 of whom shall be public members who shall not be licentiates of the board or registered by the board. The board has the powers
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5000.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5000.1
Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the California Board of Accountancy in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever the protection of the public is inconsistent with other interests sought to be promoted, the protection of
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5000.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5000.5
No public member shall be a current or former licensee of the board or an immediate family member of a licensee, or be currently or formerly employed by a public accounting firm, bookkeeping firm, or firm engaged in providing tax preparation as its primary business, or have any f