Senate Bill No. 1478

Introduced by Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development (Senators Hill (Chair), Bates, Berryhill, Block, Galgiani, Hernandez, Jackson, Mendoza, and Wieckowski)

March 10, 2016

An act to amend Sections 1632, 1634.1, 2467, 4980.36, 4980.37, 4980.43, 4980.78, 4980.79, 4992.05, 4996.18, 4996.23, 4999.12, 4999.40, 4999.47, 4999.52, 4999.60, 4999.61, and 4999.120 of, to add Sections 4980.09 and 4999.12.5 to, to repeal Sections 852, 2029, 4980.40.5, and 4999.54 of, and to repeal Article 16 (commencing with Section 2380) of Chapter 5 of Division 2 of, the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 1478, as introduced, Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. Healing arts.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of healing arts professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs.

(1) Existing law establishes the Task Force on Culturally and Linguistically Competent Physicians and Dentists. Existing law requires the task force to develop recommendations for a continuing education program that includes language proficiency standards of foreign language to be acquired to meet linguistic competency, identify the key cultural elements necessary to meet cultural competency by physicians, dentists, and their offices and assess the need for voluntary certification standards and examinations for cultural and linguistic competency.

This bill would delete those provisions.

(2) The Dental Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of dentists by the Dental Board of California. Existing law requires each applicant to, among other things, successfully complete the Part I and Part II written examinations of the National Board Dental Examination of the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations.

This bill would instead require the applicant to successfully complete the written examination of the National Board Dental Examination of the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations.

(3) The Medical Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California.

Existing law requires the board to keep a copy of a complaint it receives regarding the poor quality of care rendered by a licensee for 10 years from the date the board receives the complaint, as provided.

This bill would delete that requirement.

Existing law creates the Bureau of Medical Statistics within the board. Under existing law, the purpose of the bureau is to provide the board with statistical information necessary to carry out their functions of licensing, medical education, medical quality, and enforcement.

This bill would abolish that bureau.

(4) Under existing law, the California Board of Podiatric Medicine is responsible for the certification and regulation of the practice of podiatric medicine. Existing law requires the board to annually elect one of its members to act as president and vice president.

This bill would instead require the board to elect from its members a president, a vice president, and a secretary.

(5) The Board of Behavioral Sciences is responsible for administering, among others, the Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Act, the Clinical Social Worker Practice Act, and the Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Act.

(A) Existing law, the Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Act, provides for the regulation of the practice of marriage and family therapy by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. A violation of the act is a crime. Existing law requires the licensure of marriage and family therapists and the registration of marriage and family therapist interns. Under existing law, an “intern” is defined as an unlicensed person who has earned his or her master’s or doctoral degree qualifying him or her for licensure and is registered with the board. Existing law prohibits the abbreviation “MFTI” from being used in an advertisement unless the title “marriage and family therapist registered intern” appears in the advertisement.

Existing law, the Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Act, provides for the regulation of the practice of professional clinical counseling by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Existing law requires the licensure of professional clinical counselors and the registration of professional clinical counselor interns. Under existing law, an “intern” is defined as an unlicensed person who meets specified requirements for registration and is registered with the board.

This bill, commencing January 1, 2018, would provide that certain specified titles using the term “intern” or any reference to the term “intern” in those acts shall be deemed to be a reference to an “associate,” as specified. Because this bill would change the definition of a crime, it would impose a state-mandated local program.

(B) The Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Act generally requires specified applicants for licensure and registration to meet certain educational degree requirements, including having obtained that degree from a school, college, or university that, among other things, is accredited by a regional accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education.

This bill would authorize that accreditation to be by a regional or national institutional accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education.

Under the Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Act, a specified doctoral or master’s degree approved by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education as of June 30, 2007, is considered by the Board of Behavioral Sciences to meet the specified licensure and registration requirements if the degree is conferred on or before July 1, 2010. As an alternative, existing law requires the Board of Behavioral Sciences to accept those doctoral or master's degrees as equivalent degrees if those degrees are conferred by educational institutions accredited by specified associations.

This bill would delete those provisions.

(C) Under the Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Act, an applicant for licensure is required to complete experience related to the practice of marriage and family therapy under the supervision of a supervisor. Existing law requires applicants, trainees who are unlicensed persons enrolled in an educational program to qualify for licensure, and interns who are unlicensed persons who have completed an educational program and is registered with the board to be at all times under the supervision of a supervisor. Existing law requires interns and trainees to only gain supervised experience as an employee or volunteer and prohibits experience from being gained as an independent contractor. Similarly, the Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Act requires clinical counselor trainees, interns, and applicants to perform services only as an employee or as a volunteer. The Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Act prohibits gaining mental health experience by interns or trainees as an independent contractor.

The Clinical Social Worker Practice Act requires applicants to complete supervised experience related to the practice of clinical social work.

This bill would prohibit these persons from being employed as independent contractors and from gaining experience for work performed as an independent contractor reported on a specified tax form.

(D) The Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Act defines the term “accredited” for the purposes of the act to mean a school, college, or university accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, or its equivalent regional accrediting association. The act requires each educational institution preparing applicants to qualify for licensure to notify each of its students in writing that its degree program is designed to meet specified examination eligibility or registration requirements and to certify to the Board of Behavioral Sciences that it has provided that notice.

This bill would re-define “accredited” to mean a school, college, or university accredited by a regional or national institutional accrediting agency that is recognized by the United States Department of Education. The bill would additionally require an applicant for registration or licensure to submit to the Board of Behavioral Sciences a certification from the applicant’s educational institution specifying that the curriculum and coursework complies with those examination eligibility or registration requirements.

(6) This bill would additionally delete various obsolete provisions, make conforming changes, and make other nonsubstantive changes.

(7) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 852 of the Business and Professions Code
is repealed.

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852.  

(a) The Task Force on Culturally and Linguistically
Competent Physicians and Dentists is hereby created and shall
consist of the following members:

(1) The State Director of Health Services and the Director of
Consumer Affairs, who shall serve as cochairs of the task force.

(2) The Executive Director of the Medical Board of California.

(3) The Executive Director of the Dental Board of California.

(4) One member appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.

(5) One member appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.

(b) Additional task force members shall be appointed by the
Director of Consumer Affairs, in consultation with the State
Director of Health Services, as follows:

(1) Representatives of organizations that advocate on behalf of
California licensed physicians and dentists.

(2) California licensed physicians and dentists that provide
health services to members of language and ethnic minority groups.

(3) Representatives of organizations that advocate on behalf of,
or provide health services to, members of language and ethnic
minority groups.

(4) Representatives of entities that offer continuing education
for physicians and dentists.

(5) Representatives of California’s medical and dental schools.

(6) Individuals with experience in developing, implementing,
monitoring, and evaluating cultural and linguistic programs.

(c) The duties of the task force shall include the following:

(1) Developing recommendations for a continuing education
program that includes language proficiency standards of foreign
language to be acquired to meet linguistic competency.

(2) Identifying the key cultural elements necessary to meet
cultural competency by physicians, dentists, and their offices.

(3) Assessing the need for voluntary certification standards and
examinations for cultural and linguistic competency.

(d) The task force shall hold hearings and convene meetings to
obtain input from persons belonging to language and ethnic
minority groups to determine their needs and preferences for having
culturally competent medical providers. These hearings and
meetings shall be convened in communities that have large
populations of language and ethnic minority groups.

(e) The task force shall report its findings to the Legislature and
appropriate licensing boards within two years after creation of the
task force.

(f) The Medical Board of California and the Dental Board of
California shall pay the state administrative costs of implementing
this section.

(g) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require
mandatory continuing education of physicians and dentists.

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SEC. 2.  

Section 1632 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:

1632.  

(a) The board shall require each applicant to successfully
complete the begin delete Part I and Part II written examinations end delete begin insert written
examination end insert of the National Board Dental Examination of the Joint
Commission on National Dental Examinations.

(b) The board shall require each applicant to successfully
complete an examination in California law and ethics developed
and administered by the board. The board shall provide a separate
application for this examination. The board shall ensure that the
law and ethics examination reflects current law and regulations,
and ensure that the examinations are randomized. Applicants shall
submit this application and required fee to the board in order to
take this examination. In addition to the aforementioned
application, the only other requirement for taking this examination
shall be certification from the dean of the qualifying dental school
attended by the applicant that the applicant has graduated, or will
graduate, or is expected to graduate. Applicants who submit
completed applications and certification from the dean at least 15
days prior to a scheduled examination shall be scheduled to take
the examination. Successful results of the examination shall, as
established by board regulation, remain valid for two years from
the date that the applicant is notified of having passed the
examination.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in Section 1632.5, the board
shall require each applicant to have taken and received a passing
score on one of the following:

(1) A portfolio examination of the applicant’s competence to
enter the practice of dentistry. This examination shall be conducted
while the applicant is enrolled in a dental school program at a
board-approved school located in California. This examination
shall utilize uniform standards of clinical experiences and
competencies, as approved by the board pursuant to Section 1632.1.
The applicant shall pass a final assessment of the submitted
portfolio at the end of his or her dental school program. Before
any portfolio assessment may be submitted to the board, the
applicant shall remit the required fee to the board to be deposited
into the State Dentistry Fund, and a letter of good standing signed
by the dean of his or her dental school or his or her delegate stating
that the applicant has graduated or will graduate with no pending
ethical issues.

(A) The portfolio examination shall not be conducted until the
board adopts regulations to carry out this paragraph. The board
shall post notice on its Internet Web site when these regulations
have been adopted.

(B) The board shall also provide written notice to the Legislature
and the Legislative Counsel when these regulations have been
adopted.

(2) A clinical and written examination administered by the
Western Regional Examining Board, which board shall determine
the passing score for that examination.

(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 1628, the board
is authorized to do either of the following:

(1) Approve an application for examination from, and to
examine an applicant who is enrolled in, but has not yet graduated
from, a reputable dental school approved by the board.

(2) Accept the results of an examination described in paragraph
(2) of subdivision (c) submitted by an applicant who was enrolled
in, but had not graduated from, a reputable dental school approved
by the board at the time the examination was administered.

In either case, the board shall require the dean of that school or
his or her delegate to furnish satisfactory proof that the applicant
will graduate within one year of the date the examination was
administered or as provided in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c).

SEC. 3.  

Section 1634.1 of the Business and Professions Code
is amended to read:

1634.1.  

Notwithstanding Section 1634, the board may grant a
license to practice dentistry to an applicant who submits all of the
following to the board:

(a) A completed application form and all fees required by the
board.

(b) Satisfactory evidence of having graduated from a dental
school approved by the board or by the Commission on Dental
Accreditation of the American Dental Association.

(c) Satisfactory evidence of having completed a clinically based
advanced education program in general dentistry or an advanced
education program in general practice residency that is, at
minimum, one year in duration and is accredited by either the
Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental
Association or a national accrediting body approved by the board. begin insert end insert
The advanced education program shall include a certification of
clinical residency program completion approved by the board, to
be completed upon the resident’s successful completion of the
program in order to evaluate his or her competence to practice
dentistry in the state.

(d) Satisfactory evidence of having successfully completed the
written begin delete examinations end delete begin insert examination end insert of the National Board Dental
Examination of the Joint Commission on National Dental
Examinations.

(e) Satisfactory evidence of having successfully completed an
examination in California law and ethics.

(f) Proof that the applicant has not failed the examination for
licensure to practice dentistry under this chapter within five years
prior to the date of his or her application for a license under this
chapter.

SEC. 4.  

Section 2029 of the Business and Professions Code is
repealed.

begin delete

2029.  

The board shall keep a copy of a complaint it receives
regarding the poor quality of care rendered by a licensee for 10
years from the date the board receives the complaint. For retrieval
purposes, these complaints shall be filed by the licensee’s name
and license number.

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SEC. 5.  

Article 16 (commencing with Section 2380) of Chapter
5 of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code is repealed.

SEC. 6.  

Section 2467 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:

2467.  

(a) The board may convene from time to time as it deems
necessary.

(b) Four members of the board constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business at any meeting.

(c) It shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of those
members present at a meeting, those members constituting at least
a quorum, to pass any motion, resolution, or measure.

(d) The board shall begin delete annually end delete elect begin delete one of end delete begin insert from end insert its members begin delete to
act as president and a member to act as end delete begin insert a president, a end insert vice begin delete president end delete
begin insert president, and a secretary end insert who shall hold their respective positions
at the pleasure of the board. The president may call meetings of
the board and any duly appointed committee at a specified time
and place.

SEC. 7.  

Section 4980.09 is added to the Business and
Professions Code, to read:

4980.09.  

(a) The title “marriage and family therapist intern”
or “marriage and family therapist registered intern” is hereby
renamed “associate marriage and family therapist” or “registered
associate marriage and family therapist,” respectively. Any
reference in statute or regulation to a “marriage and family therapist
intern” or “marriage and family therapist registered intern” shall
be deemed a reference to an “associate marriage and family
therapist” or “registered associate marriage and family therapist.”

(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to expand or
constrict the scope of practice of a person licensed or registered
pursuant to this chapter.

(c) This section shall become operative January 1, 2018.

SEC. 8.  

Section 4980.36 of the Business and Professions Code
is amended to read:

4980.36.  

(a) This section shall apply to the following:

(1) Applicants for licensure or registration who begin graduate
study before August 1, 2012, and do not complete that study on
or before December 31, 2018.

(2) Applicants for licensure or registration who begin graduate
study before August 1, 2012, and who graduate from a degree
program that meets the requirements of this section.

(3) Applicants for licensure or registration who begin graduate
study on or after August 1, 2012.

(b) To qualify for a license or registration, applicants shall
possess a doctoral or master’s degree meeting the requirements of
this section in marriage, family, and child counseling, marriage
and family therapy, couple and family therapy, psychology, clinical
psychology, counseling psychology, or counseling with an
emphasis in either marriage, family, and child counseling or
marriage and family therapy, obtained from a school, college, or
university approved by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary
Education, or accredited by either the Commission on Accreditation
for Marriage and Family Therapy Education, or a regional begin insert or
national institutional end insert accrediting agency that is recognized by the
United States Department of Education. The board has the authority
to make the final determination as to whether a degree meets all
requirements, including, but not limited to, course requirements,
regardless of accreditation or approval.

(c) A doctoral or master’s degree program that qualifies for
licensure or registration shall do the following:

(1) Integrate all of the following throughout its curriculum:

(A) Marriage and family therapy principles.

(B) The principles of mental health recovery-oriented care and
methods of service delivery in recovery-oriented practice
environments, among others.

(C) An understanding of various cultures and the social and
psychological implications of socioeconomic position, and an
understanding of how poverty and social stress impact an
individual’s mental health and recovery.

(2) Allow for innovation and individuality in the education of
marriage and family therapists.

(3) Encourage students to develop the personal qualities that
are intimately related to effective practice, including, but not
limited to, integrity, sensitivity, flexibility, insight, compassion,
and personal presence.

(4) Permit an emphasis or specialization that may address any
one or more of the unique and complex array of human problems,
symptoms, and needs of Californians served by marriage and
family therapists.

(5) Provide students with the opportunity to meet with various
consumers and family members of consumers of mental health
services to enhance understanding of their experience of mental
illness, treatment, and recovery.

(d) The degree described in subdivision (b) shall contain no less
than 60 semester or 90 quarter units of instruction that includes,
but is not limited to, the following requirements:

(1) Both of the following:

(A) No less than 12 semester or 18 quarter units of coursework
in theories, principles, and methods of a variety of
psychotherapeutic orientations directly related to marriage and
family therapy and marital and family systems approaches to
treatment and how these theories can be applied therapeutically
with individuals, couples, families, adults, including elder adults,
children, adolescents, and groups to improve, restore, or maintain
healthy relationships.

(B) Practicum that involves direct client contact, as follows:

(i) A minimum of six semester or nine quarter units of practicum
in a supervised clinical placement that provides supervised
fieldwork experience.

(ii) A minimum of 150 hours of face-to-face experience
counseling individuals, couples, families, or groups.

(iii) A student must be enrolled in a practicum course while
counseling clients, except as specified in subdivision (c) of Section
4980.42.

(iv) The practicum shall provide training in all of the following
areas:

(I) Applied use of theory and psychotherapeutic techniques.

(II) Assessment, diagnosis, and prognosis.

(III) Treatment of individuals and premarital, couple, family,
and child relationships, including trauma and abuse, dysfunctions,
healthy functioning, health promotion, illness prevention, and
working with families.

(IV) Professional writing, including documentation of services,
treatment plans, and progress notes.

(V) How to connect people with resources that deliver the
quality of services and support needed in the community.

(v) Educational institutions are encouraged to design the
practicum required by this subparagraph to include marriage and
family therapy experience in low income and multicultural mental
health settings.

(vi) In addition to the 150 hours required in clause (ii), 75 hours
of either of the following, or a combination thereof:

(I) Client centered advocacy, as defined in Section 4980.03.

(II) Face-to-face experience counseling individuals, couples,
families, or groups.

(2) Instruction in all of the following:

(A) Diagnosis, assessment, prognosis, and treatment of mental
disorders, including severe mental disorders, evidence-based
practices, psychological testing, psychopharmacology, and
promising mental health practices that are evaluated in peer
reviewed literature.

(B) Developmental issues from infancy to old age, including
instruction in all of the following areas:

(i) The effects of developmental issues on individuals, couples,
and family relationships.

(ii) The psychological, psychotherapeutic, and health
implications of developmental issues and their effects.

(iii) Aging and its biological, social, cognitive, and
psychological aspects. This coursework shall include instruction
on the assessment and reporting of, as well as treatment related
to, elder and dependent adult abuse and neglect.

(iv) A variety of cultural understandings of human development.

(v) The understanding of human behavior within the social
context of socioeconomic status and other contextual issues
affecting social position.

(vi) The understanding of human behavior within the social
context of a representative variety of the cultures found within
California.

(vii) The understanding of the impact that personal and social
insecurity, social stress, low educational levels, inadequate housing,
and malnutrition have on human development.

(C) The broad range of matters and life events that may arise
within marriage and family relationships and within a variety of
California cultures, including instruction in all of the following:

(i) A minimum of seven contact hours of training or coursework
in child abuse assessment and reporting as specified in Section 28,
and any regulations promulgated thereunder.

(ii) Spousal or partner abuse assessment, detection, intervention
strategies, and same gender abuse dynamics.

(iii) Cultural factors relevant to abuse of partners and family
members.

(iv) Childbirth, child rearing, parenting, and stepparenting.

(v) Marriage, divorce, and blended families.

(vi) Long-term care.

(vii) End of life and grief.

(viii) Poverty and deprivation.

(ix) Financial and social stress.

(x) Effects of trauma.

(xi) The psychological, psychotherapeutic, community, and
health implications of the matters and life events described in
clauses (i) to (x), inclusive.

(D) Cultural competency and sensitivity, including a familiarity
with the racial, cultural, linguistic, and ethnic backgrounds of
persons living in California.

(E) Multicultural development and cross-cultural interaction,
including experiences of race, ethnicity, class, spirituality, sexual
orientation, gender, and disability, and their incorporation into the
psychotherapeutic process.

(F) The effects of socioeconomic status on treatment and
available resources.

(G) Resilience, including the personal and community qualities
that enable persons to cope with adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats,
or other stresses.

(H) Human sexuality, including the study of physiological,
psychological, and social cultural variables associated with sexual
behavior and gender identity, and the assessment and treatment of
psychosexual dysfunction.

(I) Substance use disorders, co-occurring disorders, and
addiction, including, but not limited to, instruction in all of the
following:

(i) The definition of substance use disorders, co-occurring
disorders, and addiction. For purposes of this subparagraph,
“co-occurring disorders” means a mental illness and substance
abuse diagnosis occurring simultaneously in an individual.

(ii) Medical aspects of substance use disorders and co-occurring
disorders.

(iii) The effects of psychoactive drug use.

(iv) Current theories of the etiology of substance abuse and
addiction.

(v) The role of persons and systems that support or compound
substance abuse and addiction.

(vi) Major approaches to identification, evaluation, and treatment
of substance use disorders, co-occurring disorders, and addiction,
including, but not limited to, best practices.

(vii) Legal aspects of substance abuse.

(viii) Populations at risk with regard to substance use disorders
and co-occurring disorders.

(ix) Community resources offering screening, assessment,
treatment, and followup for the affected person and family.

(x) Recognition of substance use disorders, co-occurring
disorders, and addiction, and appropriate referral.

(xi) The prevention of substance use disorders and addiction.

(J) California law and professional ethics for marriage and
family therapists, including instruction in all of the following areas
of study:

(i) Contemporary professional ethics and statutory, regulatory,
and decisional laws that delineate the scope of practice of marriage
and family therapy.

(ii) The therapeutic, clinical, and practical considerations
involved in the legal and ethical practice of marriage and family
therapy, including, but not limited to, family law.

(iii) The current legal patterns and trends in the mental health
professions.

(iv) The psychotherapist-patient privilege, confidentiality, the
patient dangerous to self or others, and the treatment of minors
with and without parental consent.

(v) A recognition and exploration of the relationship between
a practitioner’s sense of self and human values and his or her
professional behavior and ethics.

(vi) Differences in legal and ethical standards for different types
of work settings.

(vii) Licensing law and licensing process.

(e) The degree described in subdivision (b) shall, in addition to
meeting the requirements of subdivision (d), include instruction
in case management, systems of care for the severely mentally ill,
public and private services and supports available for the severely
mentally ill, community resources for persons with mental illness
and for victims of abuse, disaster and trauma response, advocacy
for the severely mentally ill, and collaborative treatment. This
instruction may be provided either in credit level coursework or
through extension programs offered by the degree-granting
institution.

(f) The changes made to law by this section are intended to
improve the educational qualifications for licensure in order to
better prepare future licentiates for practice, and are not intended
to expand or restrict the scope of practice for marriage and family
therapists.

SEC. 9.  

Section 4980.37 of the Business and Professions Code
is amended to read:

4980.37.  

(a) This section shall apply to applicants for licensure
or registration who begin graduate study before August 1, 2012,
and complete that study on or before December 31, 2018. Those
applicants may alternatively qualify under paragraph (2) of
subdivision (a) of Section 4980.36.

(b) To qualify for a license or registration, applicants shall
possess a doctor’s or master’s degree in marriage, family, and child
counseling, marriage and family therapy, couple and family
therapy, psychology, clinical psychology, counseling psychology,
or counseling with an emphasis in either marriage, family, and
child counseling or marriage and family therapy, obtained from a
school, college, or university accredited by a regional begin insert or national
institutional end insert accrediting agency that is recognized by the United
States Department of Education or approved by the Bureau for
Private Postsecondary Education. The board has the authority to
make the final determination as to whether a degree meets all
requirements, including, but not limited to, course requirements,
regardless of accreditation or approval. In order to qualify for
licensure pursuant to this section, a doctor’s or master’s degree
program shall be a single, integrated program primarily designed
to train marriage and family therapists and shall contain no less
than 48 semester or 72 quarter units of instruction. This instruction
shall include no less than 12 semester units or 18 quarter units of
coursework in the areas of marriage, family, and child counseling,
and marital and family systems approaches to treatment. The
coursework shall include all of the following areas:

(1) The salient theories of a variety of psychotherapeutic
orientations directly related to marriage and family therapy, and
marital and family systems approaches to treatment.

(2) Theories of marriage and family therapy and how they can
be utilized in order to intervene therapeutically with couples,
families, adults, children, and groups.

(3) Developmental issues and life events from infancy to old
age and their effect on individuals, couples, and family
relationships. This may include coursework that focuses on specific
family life events and the psychological, psychotherapeutic, and
health implications that arise within couples and families,
including, but not limited to, childbirth, child rearing, childhood,
adolescence, adulthood, marriage, divorce, blended families,
stepparenting, abuse and neglect of older and dependent adults,
and geropsychology.

(4) A variety of approaches to the treatment of children.

The board shall, by regulation, set forth the subjects of instruction
required in this subdivision.

(c) (1) In addition to the 12 semester or 18 quarter units of
coursework specified in subdivision (b), the doctor’s or master’s
degree program shall contain not less than six semester or nine
quarter units of supervised practicum in applied psychotherapeutic
technique, assessments, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of
premarital, couple, family, and child relationships, including
dysfunctions, healthy functioning, health promotion, and illness
prevention, in a supervised clinical placement that provides
supervised fieldwork experience within the scope of practice of a
marriage and family therapist.

(2) For applicants who enrolled in a degree program on or after
January 1, 1995, the practicum shall include a minimum of 150
hours of face-to-face experience counseling individuals, couples,
families, or groups.

(3) The practicum hours shall be considered as part of the 48
semester or 72 quarter unit requirement.

(d) As an alternative to meeting the qualifications specified in
subdivision (b), the board shall accept as equivalent degrees those
master’s or doctor’s degrees granted by educational institutions
whose degree program is approved by the Commission on
Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education.

(e) In order to provide an integrated course of study and
appropriate professional training, while allowing for innovation
and individuality in the education of marriage and family therapists,
a degree program that meets the educational qualifications for
licensure or registration under this section shall do all of the
following:

(1) Provide an integrated course of study that trains students
generally in the diagnosis, assessment, prognosis, and treatment
of mental disorders.

(2) Prepare students to be familiar with the broad range of
matters that may arise within marriage and family relationships.

(3) Train students specifically in the application of marriage
and family relationship counseling principles and methods.

(4) Encourage students to develop those personal qualities that
are intimately related to the counseling situation such as integrity,
sensitivity, flexibility, insight, compassion, and personal presence.

(5) Teach students a variety of effective psychotherapeutic
techniques and modalities that may be utilized to improve, restore,
or maintain healthy individual, couple, and family relationships.

(6) Permit an emphasis or specialization that may address any
one or more of the unique and complex array of human problems,
symptoms, and needs of Californians served by marriage and
family therapists.

(7) Prepare students to be familiar with cross-cultural mores
and values, including a familiarity with the wide range of racial
and ethnic backgrounds common among California’s population,
including, but not limited to, Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and Native
Americans.

(f) Educational institutions are encouraged to design the
practicum required by this section to include marriage and family
therapy experience in low income and multicultural mental health
settings.

(g) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2019,
and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
is enacted before January 1, 2019, deletes or extends that date.

SEC. 10.  

Section 4980.40.5 of the Business and Professions
Code is repealed.

begin delete

4980.40.5.  

(a) A doctoral or master’s degree in marriage,
family, and child counseling, marital and family therapy, couple
and family therapy, psychology, clinical psychology, counseling
psychology, or counseling with an emphasis in either marriage,
family, and child counseling, or marriage and family therapy,
obtained from a school, college, or university approved by the
Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education as of June 30, 2007,
shall be considered by the board to meet the requirements necessary
for licensure as a marriage and family therapist and for registration
as a marriage and family therapist intern provided that the degree
is conferred on or before July 1, 2010.

(b) As an alternative to meeting the qualifications specified in
subdivision (a) of Section 4980.40, the board shall accept as
equivalent degrees those doctoral or master’s degrees that otherwise
meet the requirements of this chapter and are conferred by
educational institutions accredited by any of the following
associations:

(1) Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.

(2) Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary
Schools.

(3) New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

(4) North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary
Schools.

(5) Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

end delete

SEC. 11.  

Section 4980.43 of the Business and Professions
Code is amended to read:

4980.43.  

(a) To qualify for licensure as specified in Section
4980.40, each applicant shall complete experience related to the
practice of marriage and family therapy under a supervisor who
meets the qualifications set forth in Section 4980.03. The
experience shall comply with the following:

(1) A minimum of 3,000 hours of supervised experience
completed during a period of at least 104 weeks.

(2) A maximum of 40 hours in any seven consecutive days.

(3) A minimum of 1,700 hours obtained after the qualifying
master’s or doctoral degree was awarded.

(4) A maximum of 1,300 hours obtained prior to the award date
of the qualifying master’s or doctoral degree.

(5) A maximum of 750 hours of counseling and direct supervisor
contact prior to the award date of the qualifying master’s or
doctoral degree.

(6) No hours of experience may be gained prior to completing
either 12 semester units or 18 quarter units of graduate instruction.

(7) No hours of experience may be gained more than six years
prior to the date the application for examination eligibility was
filed, except that up to 500 hours of clinical experience gained in
the supervised practicum required by subdivision (c) of Section
4980.37 and subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (d)
of Section 4980.36 shall be exempt from this six-year requirement.

(8) A minimum of 1,750 hours of direct counseling with
individuals, groups, couples, or families, that includes not less than
500 total hours of experience in diagnosing and treating couples,
families, and children.

(9) A maximum of 1,250 hours of nonclinical practice,
consisting of direct supervisor contact, administering and
evaluating psychological tests, writing clinical reports, writing
progress or process notes, client centered advocacy, and workshops,
seminars, training sessions, or conferences directly related to
marriage and family therapy that have been approved by the
applicant’s supervisor.

(10) It is anticipated and encouraged that hours of experience
will include working with elders and dependent adults who have
physical or mental limitations that restrict their ability to carry out
normal activities or protect their rights.

This subdivision shall only apply to hours gained on and after
January 1, 2010.

(b) An individual who submits an application for examination
eligibility between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2020, may
alternatively qualify under the experience requirements that were
in place on January 1, 2015.

(c) All applicants, trainees, and registrants shall be at all times
under the supervision of a supervisor who shall be responsible for
ensuring that the extent, kind, and quality of counseling performed
is consistent with the training and experience of the person being
supervised, and who shall be responsible to the board for
compliance with all laws, rules, and regulations governing the
practice of marriage and family therapy. Supervised experience
shall be gained by an intern or trainee only as an employee or as
a volunteer. The requirements of this chapter regarding gaining
hours of experience and supervision are applicable equally to
employees and volunteers. begin delete Experience shall not be gained by an
intern or trainee as an independent contractor. end delete begin insert Associates and
trainees shall not be employed as independent contractors, and
shall not gain experience for work performed as an independent
contractor, reported on an IRS Form 1099, or both. end insert

(1) If employed, an intern shall provide the board with copies
of the corresponding W-2 tax forms for each year of experience
claimed upon application for licensure.

(2) If volunteering, an intern shall provide the board with a letter
from his or her employer verifying the intern’s employment as a
volunteer upon application for licensure.

(d) Except for experience gained by attending workshops,
seminars, training sessions, or conferences as described in
paragraph (9) of subdivision (a), supervision shall include at least
one hour of direct supervisor contact in each week for which
experience is credited in each work setting, as specified:

(1) A trainee shall receive an average of at least one hour of
direct supervisor contact for every five hours of client contact in
each setting. No more than six hours of supervision, whether
individual or group, shall be credited during any single week.

(2) An individual supervised after being granted a qualifying
degree shall receive at least one additional hour of direct supervisor
contact for every week in which more than 10 hours of client
contact is gained in each setting. No more than six hours of
supervision, whether individual or group, shall be credited during
any single week.

(3) For purposes of this section, “one hour of direct supervisor
contact” means one hour per week of face-to-face contact on an
individual basis or two hours per week of face-to-face contact in
a group.

(4) Direct supervisor contact shall occur within the same week
as the hours claimed.

(5) Direct supervisor contact provided in a group shall be
provided in a group of not more than eight supervisees and in
segments lasting no less than one continuous hour.

(6) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), an intern working in a
governmental entity, a school, a college, or a university, or an
institution that is both nonprofit and charitable may obtain the
required weekly direct supervisor contact via two-way, real-time
videoconferencing. The supervisor shall be responsible for ensuring
that client confidentiality is upheld.

(7) All experience gained by a trainee shall be monitored by the
supervisor as specified by regulation.

(8) The six hours of supervision that may be credited during
any single week pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) shall apply to
supervision hours gained on or after January 1, 2009.

(e) (1) A trainee may be credited with supervised experience
completed in any setting that meets all of the following:

(A) Lawfully and regularly provides mental health counseling
or psychotherapy.

(B) Provides oversight to ensure that the trainee’s work at the
setting meets the experience and supervision requirements set forth
in this chapter and is within the scope of practice for the profession
as defined in Section 4980.02.

(C) Is not a private practice owned by a licensed marriage and
family therapist, a licensed professional clinical counselor, a
licensed psychologist, a licensed clinical social worker, a licensed
physician and surgeon, or a professional corporation of any of
those licensed professions.

(2) Experience may be gained by the trainee solely as part of
the position for which the trainee volunteers or is employed.

(f) (1) An intern may be credited with supervised experience
completed in any setting that meets both of the following:

(A) Lawfully and regularly provides mental health counseling
or psychotherapy.

(B) Provides oversight to ensure that the intern’s work at the
setting meets the experience and supervision requirements set forth
in this chapter and is within the scope of practice for the profession
as defined in Section 4980.02.

(2) An applicant shall not be employed or volunteer in a private
practice, as defined in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of
subdivision (e), until registered as an intern.

(3) While an intern may be either a paid employee or a
volunteer, employers are encouraged to provide fair remuneration
to interns.

(4) Except for periods of time during a supervisor’s vacation or
sick leave, an intern who is employed or volunteering in private
practice shall be under the direct supervision of a licensee that has
satisfied subdivision (g) of Section 4980.03. The supervising
licensee shall either be employed by and practice at the same site
as the intern’s employer, or shall be an owner or shareholder of
the private practice. Alternative supervision may be arranged during
a supervisor’s vacation or sick leave if the supervision meets the
requirements of this section.

(5) Experience may be gained by the intern solely as part of the
position for which the intern volunteers or is employed.

(g) Except as provided in subdivision (h), all persons shall
register with the board as an intern to be credited for postdegree
hours of supervised experience gained toward licensure.

(h) Postdegree hours of experience shall be credited toward
licensure so long as the applicant applies for the intern registration
within 90 days of the granting of the qualifying master’s or doctoral
degree and is thereafter granted the intern registration by the board.
An applicant shall not be employed or volunteer in a private
practice until registered as an intern by the board.

(i) Trainees, interns, and applicants shall not receive any
remuneration from patients or clients, and shall only be paid by
their employers.

(j) Trainees, interns, and applicants shall only perform services
at the place where their employers regularly conduct business,
which may include performing services at other locations, so long
as the services are performed under the direction and control of
their employer and supervisor, and in compliance with the laws
and regulations pertaining to supervision. For purposes of
paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 2290.5, interns and
trainees working under licensed supervision, consistent with
subdivision (c), may provide services via telehealth within the
scope authorized by this chapter and in accordance with any
regulations governing the use of telehealth promulgated by the
board. Trainees and interns shall have no proprietary interest in
their employers’ businesses and shall not lease or rent space, pay
for furnishings, equipment, or supplies, or in any other way pay
for the obligations of their employers.

(k) Trainees, interns, or applicants who provide volunteered
services or other services, and who receive no more than a total,
from all work settings, of five hundred dollars ($500) per month
as reimbursement for expenses actually incurred by those trainees,
interns, or applicants for services rendered in any lawful work
setting other than a private practice shall be considered employees
and not independent contractors. The board may audit applicants
who receive reimbursement for expenses, and the applicants shall
have the burden of demonstrating that the payments received were
for reimbursement of expenses actually incurred.

(l) Each educational institution preparing applicants for licensure
pursuant to this chapter shall consider requiring, and shall
encourage, its students to undergo individual, marital or conjoint,
family, or group counseling or psychotherapy, as appropriate. Each
supervisor shall consider, advise, and encourage his or her interns
and trainees regarding the advisability of undertaking individual,
marital or conjoint, family, or group counseling or psychotherapy,
as appropriate. Insofar as it is deemed appropriate and is desired
by the applicant, the educational institution and supervisors are
encouraged to assist the applicant in locating that counseling or
psychotherapy at a reasonable cost.

SEC. 12.  

Section 4980.78 of the Business and Professions
Code is amended to read:

4980.78.  

(a) This section applies to persons who apply for
licensure or registration on or after January 1, 2016, and who do
not hold a license as described in Section 4980.72.

(b) For purposes of Section 4980.74, education is substantially
equivalent if all of the following requirements are met:

(1) The degree is obtained from a school, college, or university
accredited by begin delete an end delete begin insert a regional or national institutional end insert accrediting
agency that is recognized by the United States Department of
Education and consists of, at a minimum, the following:

(A) (i) For an applicant who obtained his or her degree within
the timeline prescribed by subdivision (a) of Section 4980.36, the
degree shall contain no less than 60 semester or 90 quarter units
of instruction.

(ii) Up to 12 semester or 18 quarter units of instruction may be
remediated, if missing from the degree. The remediation may occur
while the applicant is registered as an intern.

(B) For an applicant who obtained his or her degree within the
timeline prescribed by subdivision (a) of Section 4980.37, the
degree shall contain no less than 48 semester units or 72 quarter
units of instruction.

(C) Six semester or nine quarter units of practicum, including,
but not limited to, a minimum of 150 hours of face-to-face
counseling, and an additional 75 hours of either face-to-face
counseling or client-centered advocacy, or a combination of
face-to-face counseling and client-centered advocacy.

(D) Twelve semester or 18 quarter units in the areas of marriage,
family, and child counseling and marital and family systems
approaches to treatment, as specified in subparagraph (A) of
paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 4980.36.

(2) The applicant shall complete coursework in California law
and ethics as follows:

(A) An applicant who completed a course in law and
professional ethics for marriage and family therapists as specified
in paragraph (7) of subdivision (a) of Section 4980.81, that did not
contain instruction in California law and ethics, shall complete an
18-hour course in California law and professional ethics. The
content of the course shall include, but not be limited to,
advertising, scope of practice, scope of competence, treatment of
minors, confidentiality, dangerous patients, psychotherapist-patient
privilege, recordkeeping, patient access to records, state and federal
laws relating to confidentiality of patient health information, dual
relationships, child abuse, elder and dependent adult abuse, online
therapy, insurance reimbursement, civil liability, disciplinary
actions and unprofessional conduct, ethics complaints and ethical
standards, termination of therapy, standards of care, relevant family
law, therapist disclosures to patients, differences in legal and ethical
standards in different types of work settings, and licensing law
and licensing process. This coursework shall be completed prior
to registration as an intern.

(B) An applicant who has not completed a course in law and
professional ethics for marriage and family therapists as specified
in paragraph (7) of subdivision (a) of Section 4980.81 shall
complete this required coursework. The coursework shall contain
content specific to California law and ethics. This coursework shall
be completed prior to registration as an intern.

(3) The applicant completes the educational requirements
specified in Section 4980.81 not already completed in his or her
education. The coursework may be from an accredited school,
college, or university as specified in paragraph (1), from an
educational institution approved by the Bureau for Private
Postsecondary Education, or from a continuing education provider
that is acceptable to the board as defined in Section 4980.54.
Undergraduate courses shall not satisfy this requirement.

(4) The applicant completes the following coursework not
already completed in his or her education from an accredited
school, college, or university as specified in paragraph (1) from
an educational institution approved by the Bureau for Private
Postsecondary Education, or from a continuing education provider
that is acceptable to the board as defined in Section 4980.54.
Undergraduate courses shall not satisfy this requirement.

(A) At least three semester units, or 45 hours, of instruction
regarding the principles of mental health recovery-oriented care
and methods of service delivery in recovery-oriented practice
environments, including structured meetings with various
consumers and family members of consumers of mental health
services to enhance understanding of their experience of mental
illness, treatment, and recovery.

(B) At least one semester unit, or 15 hours, of instruction that
includes an understanding of various California cultures and the
social and psychological implications of socioeconomic position.

(5)  An applicant may complete any units and course content
requirements required under paragraphs (3) and (4) not already
completed in his or her education while registered as an intern,
unless otherwise specified.

(6) The applicant’s degree title need not be identical to that
required by subdivision (b) of Section 4980.36.

SEC. 13.  

Section 4980.79 of the Business and Professions
Code is amended to read:

4980.79.  

(a) This section applies to persons who apply for
licensure or registration on or after January 1, 2016, and who hold
a license as described in Section 4980.72.

(b) For purposes of Section 4980.72, education is substantially
equivalent if all of the following requirements are met:

(1) The degree is obtained from a school, college, or university
accredited by begin delete an end delete begin insert a regional or national institutional end insert accrediting
agency recognized by the United States Department of Education
and consists of, at a minimum, the following:

(A) (i) For an applicant who obtained his or her degree within
the timeline prescribed by subdivision (a) of Section 4980.36, the
degree shall contain no less than 60 semester or 90 quarter units
of instruction.

(ii) Up to 12 semester or 18 quarter units of instruction may be
remediated, if missing from the degree. The remediation may occur
while the applicant is registered as an intern.

(B) For an applicant who obtained his or her degree within the
timeline prescribed by subdivision (a) of Section 4980.37, the
degree shall contain no less than 48 semester or 72 quarter units
of instruction.

(C) Six semester or nine quarter units of practicum, including,
but not limited to, a minimum of 150 hours of face-to-face
counseling, and an additional 75 hours of either face-to-face
counseling or client-centered advocacy, or a combination of
face-to-face counseling and client-centered advocacy.

(i) An out-of-state applicant who has been licensed for at least
two years in clinical practice, as verified by the board, is exempt
from this requirement.

(ii) An out-of-state applicant who has been licensed for less
than two years in clinical practice, as verified by the board, who
does not meet the practicum requirement, shall remediate it by
obtaining 150 hours of face-to-face counseling, and an additional
75 hours of either face-to-face counseling or client-centered
advocacy, or a combination of face-to-face counseling and
client-centered advocacy. These hours are in addition to the 3,000
hours of experience required by this chapter, and shall be gained
while registered as an intern.

(D) Twelve semester or 18 quarter units in the areas of marriage,
family, and child counseling and marital and family systems
approaches to treatment, as specified in subparagraph (A) of
paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 4980.36.

(2) An applicant shall complete coursework in California law
and ethics as follows:

(A) An applicant who completed a course in law and
professional ethics for marriage and family therapists as specified
in paragraph (7) of subdivision (a) of Section 4980.81 that did not
include instruction in California law and ethics, shall complete an
18-hour course in California law and professional ethics. The
content of the course shall include, but not be limited to,
advertising, scope of practice, scope of competence, treatment of
minors, confidentiality, dangerous patients, psychotherapist-patient
privilege, recordkeeping, patient access to records, state and federal
laws relating to confidentiality of patient health information, dual
relationships, child abuse, elder and dependent adult abuse, online
therapy, insurance reimbursement, civil liability, disciplinary
actions and unprofessional conduct, ethics complaints and ethical
standards, termination of therapy, standards of care, relevant family
law, therapist disclosures to patients, differences in legal and ethical
standards in different types of work settings, and licensing law
and licensing process. This coursework shall be completed prior
to registration as an intern.

(B) An applicant who has not completed a course in law and
professional ethics for marriage and family therapists as specified
in paragraph (7) of subdivision (a) of Section 4980.81 shall
complete this required coursework. The coursework shall include
content specific to California law and ethics. An applicant shall
complete this coursework prior to registration as an intern.

(3) The applicant completes the educational requirements
specified in Section 4980.81 not already completed in his or her
education. The coursework may be from an accredited school,
college, or university as specified in paragraph (1), from an
educational institution approved by the Bureau for Private
Postsecondary Education, or from a continuing education provider
that is acceptable to the board as defined in Section 4980.54.
Undergraduate coursework shall not satisfy this requirement.

(4) The applicant completes the following coursework not
already completed in his or her education from an accredited
school, college, or university as specified in paragraph (1) above,
from an educational institution approved by the Bureau for Private
Postsecondary Education, or from a continuing education provider
that is acceptable to the board as defined in Section 4980.54.
Undergraduate coursework shall not satisfy this requirement.

(A) At least three semester units, or 45 hours, of instruction
pertaining to the principles of mental health recovery-oriented care
and methods of service delivery in recovery-oriented practice
environments, including structured meetings with various
consumers and family members of consumers of mental health
services to enhance understanding of their experience of mental
illness, treatment, and recovery.

(B) At least one semester unit, or 15 hours, of instruction that
includes an understanding of various California cultures and the
social and psychological implications of socioeconomic position.

(5) An applicant's degree title need not be identical to that
required by subdivision (b) of Section 4980.36.

(6) An applicant may complete any units and course content
requirements required under paragraphs (3) and (4) not already
completed in his or her education while registered as an intern,
unless otherwise specified.

SEC. 14.  

Section 4992.05 of the Business and Professions
Code is amended to read:

4992.05.  

(a) Effective January 1, 2016, an applicant for
licensure as a clinical social worker shall pass the following two
examinations as prescribed by the board:

(1) A California law and ethics examination.

(2) A clinical examination.

(b) Upon registration with the board, an associate begin insert clinical end insert social
worker registrant shall, within the first year of registration, take
an examination on California law and ethics.

(c) A registrant may take the clinical examination only upon
meeting all of the following requirements:

(1) Completion of all education requirements.

(2) Passage of the California law and ethics examination.

(3) Completion of all required supervised work experience.

(d) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2016.

SEC. 15.  

Section 4996.18 of the Business and Professions
Code is amended to read:

4996.18.  

(a) A person who wishes to be credited with
experience toward licensure requirements shall register with the
board as an associate clinical social worker prior to obtaining that
experience. The application shall be made on a form prescribed
by the board.

(b) An applicant for registration shall satisfy the following
requirements:

(1) Possess a master’s degree from an accredited school or
department of social work.

(2) Have committed no crimes or acts constituting grounds for
denial of licensure under Section 480.

(3) Commencing January 1, 2014, have completed training or
coursework, which may be embedded within more than one course,
in California law and professional ethics for clinical social workers,
including instruction in all of the following areas of study:

(A) Contemporary professional ethics and statutes, regulations,
and court decisions that delineate the scope of practice of clinical
social work.

(B) The therapeutic, clinical, and practical considerations
involved in the legal and ethical practice of clinical social work,
including, but not limited to, family law.

(C) The current legal patterns and trends in the mental health
professions.

(D) The psychotherapist-patient privilege, confidentiality,
dangerous patients, and the treatment of minors with and without
parental consent.

(E) A recognition and exploration of the relationship between
a practitioner’s sense of self and human values, and his or her
professional behavior and ethics.

(F) Differences in legal and ethical standards for different types
of work settings.

(G) Licensing law and process.

(c) An applicant who possesses a master’s degree from a school
or department of social work that is a candidate for accreditation
by the Commission on Accreditation of the Council on Social
Work Education shall be eligible, and shall be required, to register
as an associate clinical social worker in order to gain experience
toward licensure if the applicant has not committed any crimes or
acts that constitute grounds for denial of licensure under Section
480. That applicant shall not, however, be eligible begin delete for end delete begin insert to take the
clinical end insert examination until the school or department of social work
has received accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation
of the Council on Social Work Education.

(d) All applicants and registrants shall be at all times under the
supervision of a supervisor who shall be responsible for ensuring
that the extent, kind, and quality of counseling performed is
consistent with the training and experience of the person being
supervised, and who shall be responsible to the board for
compliance with all laws, rules, and regulations governing the
practice of clinical social work.

(e) Any experience obtained under the supervision of a spouse
or relative by blood or marriage shall not be credited toward the
required hours of supervised experience. Any experience obtained
under the supervision of a supervisor with whom the applicant has
a personal relationship that undermines the authority or
effectiveness of the supervision shall not be credited toward the
required hours of supervised experience.

(f) An applicant who possesses a master’s degree from an
accredited school or department of social work shall be able to
apply experience the applicant obtained during the time the
accredited school or department was in candidacy status by the
Commission on Accreditation of the Council on Social Work
Education toward the licensure requirements, if the experience
meets the requirements of Section 4996.23. This subdivision shall
apply retroactively to persons who possess a master’s degree from
an accredited school or department of social work and who
obtained experience during the time the accredited school or
department was in candidacy status by the Commission on
Accreditation of the Council on Social Work Education.

(g) An applicant for registration or licensure trained in an
educational institution outside the United States shall demonstrate
to the satisfaction of the board that he or she possesses a master’s
of social work degree that is equivalent to a master’s degree issued
from a school or department of social work that is accredited by
the Commission on Accreditation of the Council on Social Work
Education. These applicants shall provide the board with a
comprehensive evaluation of the degree and shall provide any
other documentation the board deems necessary. The board has
the authority to make the final determination as to whether a degree
meets all requirements, including, but not limited to, course
requirements regardless of evaluation or accreditation.

(h) A registrant shall not provide clinical social work services
to the public for a fee, monetary or otherwise, except as an
employee.

(i) A registrant shall inform each client or patient prior to
performing any professional services that he or she is unlicensed
and is under the supervision of a licensed professional.

SEC. 16.  

Section 4996.23 of the Business and Professions
Code is amended to read:

4996.23.  

(a) To qualify for licensure as specified in Section
4996.2, each applicant shall complete 3,200 hours of post-master’s
degree supervised experience related to the practice of clinical
social work. The experience shall comply with the following:

(1) At least 1,700 hours shall be gained under the supervision
of a licensed clinical social worker. The remaining required
supervised experience may be gained under the supervision of a
licensed mental health professional acceptable to the board as
defined by a regulation adopted by the board.

(2) A minimum of 2,000 hours in clinical psychosocial
diagnosis, assessment, and treatment, including psychotherapy or
counseling.

(3) A maximum of 1,200 hours in client centered advocacy,
consultation, evaluation, research, direct supervisor contact, and
workshops, seminars, training sessions, or conferences directly
related to clinical social work that have been approved by the
applicant’s supervisor.

(4) Of the 2,000 clinical hours required in paragraph (2), no less
than 750 hours shall be face-to-face individual or group
psychotherapy provided to clients in the context of clinical social
work services.

(5) A minimum of two years of supervised experience is required
to be obtained over a period of not less than 104 weeks and shall
have been gained within the six years immediately preceding the
date on which the application for licensure was filed.

(6) Experience shall not be credited for more than 40 hours in
any week.

(b) An individual who submits an application for examination
eligibility between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2020, may
alternatively qualify under the experience requirements that were
in place on January 1, 2015.

(c) “Supervision” means responsibility for, and control of, the
quality of clinical social work services being provided.
Consultation or peer discussion shall not be considered to be
supervision.

(d) (1) Prior to the commencement of supervision, a supervisor
shall comply with all requirements enumerated in Section 1870 of
Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations and shall sign under
penalty of perjury the “Responsibility Statement for Supervisors
of an Associate Clinical Social Worker” form.

(2) Supervised experience shall include at least one hour of
direct supervisor contact for a minimum of 104 weeks. For
purposes of this subdivision, “one hour of direct supervisor contact”
means one hour per week of face-to-face contact on an individual
basis or two hours of face-to-face contact in a group conducted
within the same week as the hours claimed.

(3) An associate shall receive at least one additional hour of
direct supervisor contact for every week in which more than 10
hours of face-to-face psychotherapy is performed in each setting
in which experience is gained. No more than six hours of
supervision, whether individual or group, shall be credited during
any single week.

(4) Supervision shall include at least one hour of direct
supervisor contact during each week for which experience is gained
in each work setting. Supervision is not required for experience
gained attending workshops, seminars, training sessions, or
conferences as described in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a).

(5) The six hours of supervision that may be credited during
any single week pursuant to paragraph (3) shall apply only to
supervision hours gained on or after January 1, 2010.

(6) Group supervision shall be provided in a group of not more
than eight supervisees and shall be provided in segments lasting
no less than one continuous hour.

(7) Of the 104 weeks of required supervision, 52 weeks shall
be individual supervision, and of the 52 weeks of required
individual supervision, not less than 13 weeks shall be supervised
by a licensed clinical social worker.

(8) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), an associate clinical social
worker working for a governmental entity, school, college, or
university, or an institution that is both a nonprofit and charitable
institution, may obtain the required weekly direct supervisor
contact via live two-way videoconferencing. The supervisor shall
be responsible for ensuring that client confidentiality is preserved.

(e) The supervisor and the associate shall develop a supervisory
plan that describes the goals and objectives of supervision. These
goals shall include the ongoing assessment of strengths and
limitations and the assurance of practice in accordance with the
laws and regulations. The associate shall submit to the board the
initial original supervisory plan upon application for licensure.

(f) Experience shall only be gained in a setting that meets both
of the following:

(1) Lawfully and regularly provides clinical social work, mental
health counseling, or psychotherapy.

(2) Provides oversight to ensure that the associate’s work at the
setting meets the experience and supervision requirements set forth
in this chapter and is within the scope of practice for the profession
as defined in Section 4996.9.

(g) Experience shall not be gained until the applicant has been
registered as an associate clinical social worker.

(h) Employment in a private practice as defined in subdivision
(i) shall not commence until the applicant has been registered as
an associate clinical social worker.

(i) A private practice setting is a setting that is owned by a
licensed clinical social worker, a licensed marriage and family
therapist, a licensed psychologist, a licensed professional clinical
counselor, a licensed physician and surgeon, or a professional
corporation of any of those licensed professions.

begin insert

(j) Associates shall not be employed as independent contractors,
and shall not gain experience for work performed as an
independent contractor, reported on an IRS Form 1099, or both.

end insert begin delete

(j)

end delete

begin insert (k) end insert  If volunteering, the associate shall provide the board with a
letter from his or her employer verifying his or her voluntary status
upon application for licensure.

begin delete

(k)

end delete

begin insert (l) end insert  If employed, the associate shall provide the board with copies
of his or her W-2 tax forms for each year of experience claimed
upon application for licensure.

begin delete

(l)

end delete

begin insert (m) end insert  While an associate may be either a paid employee or
volunteer, employers are encouraged to provide fair remuneration
to associates.

begin delete

(m)

end delete

begin insert (n) end insert  An associate shall not do the following:

(1) Receive any remuneration from patients or clients and shall
only be paid by his or her employer.

(2) Have any proprietary interest in the employer’s business.

(3) Lease or rent space, pay for furnishings, equipment, or
supplies, or in any other way pay for the obligations of his or her
employer.

begin delete

(n)

end delete

begin insert (o) end insert  An associate, whether employed or volunteering, may obtain
supervision from a person not employed by the associate’s
employer if that person has signed a written agreement with the
employer to take supervisory responsibility for the associate’s
social work services.

begin delete

(o)

end delete

begin insert (p) end insert  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, associates and
applicants for examination shall receive a minimum of one hour
of supervision per week for each setting in which he or she is
working.

SEC. 17.  

Section 4999.12 of the Business and Professions
Code is amended to read:

4999.12.  

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have
the following meanings:

(a) “Board” means the Board of Behavioral Sciences.

(b) “Accredited” means a school, college, or university
accredited by begin delete the Western Association of Schools and Colleges,
or its equivalent regional accrediting association. end delete begin insert a regional or
national institutional accrediting agency that is recognized by the
United States Department of Education. end insert

(c) “Approved” means a school, college, or university that
possessed unconditional approval by the Bureau for Private
Postsecondary Education at the time of the applicant’s graduation
from the school, college, or university.

(d) “Applicant” means an unlicensed person who has completed
a master’s or doctoral degree program, as specified in Section
4999.32 or 4999.33, as applicable, and whose application for
registration as an intern is pending or who has applied for
examination eligibility, or an unlicensed person who has completed
the requirements for licensure specified in this chapter and is no
longer registered with the board as an intern.

(e) “Licensed professional clinical counselor” or “LPCC” means
a person licensed under this chapter to practice professional clinical
counseling, as defined in Section 4999.20.

(f) “Intern” means an unlicensed person who meets the
requirements of Section 4999.42 and is registered with the board.

(g) “Clinical counselor trainee” means an unlicensed person
who is currently enrolled in a master’s or doctoral degree program,
as specified in Section 4999.32 or 4999.33, as applicable, that is
designed to qualify him or her for licensure under this chapter, and
who has completed no less than 12 semester units or 18 quarter
units of coursework in any qualifying degree program.

(h) “Approved supervisor” means an individual who meets the
following requirements:

(1) Has documented two years of clinical experience as a
licensed professional clinical counselor, licensed marriage and
family therapist, licensed clinical psychologist, licensed clinical
social worker, or licensed physician and surgeon who is certified
in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

(2) Has received professional training in supervision.

(3) Has not provided therapeutic services to the clinical
counselor trainee or intern.

(4) Has a current and valid license that is not under suspension
or probation.

(i) “Client centered advocacy” includes, but is not limited to,
researching, identifying, and accessing resources, or other activities,
related to obtaining or providing services and supports for clients
or groups of clients receiving psychotherapy or counseling services.

(j) “Advertising” or “advertise” includes, but is not limited to,
the issuance of any card, sign, or device to any person, or the
causing, permitting, or allowing of any sign or marking on, or in,
any building or structure, or in any newspaper or magazine or in
any directory, or any printed matter whatsoever, with or without
any limiting qualification. It also includes business solicitations
communicated by radio or television broadcasting. Signs within
church buildings or notices in church bulletins mailed to a
congregation shall not be construed as advertising within the
meaning of this chapter.

(k) “Referral” means evaluating and identifying the needs of a
client to determine whether it is advisable to refer the client to
other specialists, informing the client of that judgment, and
communicating that determination as requested or deemed
appropriate to referral sources.

(l) “Research” means a systematic effort to collect, analyze, and
interpret quantitative and qualitative data that describes how social
characteristics, behavior, emotion, cognitions, disabilities, mental
disorders, and interpersonal transactions among individuals and
organizations interact.

(m) “Supervision” includes the following:

(1) Ensuring that the extent, kind, and quality of counseling
performed is consistent with the education, training, and experience
of the person being supervised.

(2) Reviewing client or patient records, monitoring and
evaluating assessment, diagnosis, and treatment decisions of the
clinical counselor trainee.

(3) Monitoring and evaluating the ability of the intern or clinical
counselor trainee to provide services to the particular clientele at
the site or sites where he or she will be practicing.

(4) Ensuring compliance with laws and regulations governing
the practice of licensed professional clinical counseling.

(5) That amount of direct observation, or review of audio or
videotapes of counseling or therapy, as deemed appropriate by the
supervisor.

SEC. 18.  

Section 4999.12.5 is added to the Business and
Professions Code, to read:

4999.12.5.  

(a) The title “professional clinical counselor intern”
or “professional clinical counselor registered intern” is hereby
renamed “associate professional clinical counselor” or “registered
associate professional clinical counselor,” respectively. Any
reference in any statute or regulation to a “professional clinical
counselor intern” or “professional clinical counselor registered
intern” shall be deemed a reference to an “associate professional
clinical counselor” or “registered associate professional clinical
counselor.”

(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to expand or
constrict the scope of practice of a person licensed or registered
pursuant to this chapter.

(c) This section shall become operative January 1, 2018.

SEC. 19.  

Section 4999.40 of the Business and Professions
Code is amended to read:

4999.40.  

(a) Each educational institution preparing applicants
to qualify for licensure shall notify each of its students by means
of its public documents or otherwise in writing that its degree
program is designed to meet the requirements of Section 4999.32
or 4999.33 and shall certify to the board that it has so notified its
students.

begin insert

(b) An applicant for registration or licensure shall submit to
the board a certification by the applicant’s educational institution
that the institution’s required curriculum for graduation and any
associated coursework completed by the applicant does one of the
following:

end insert begin insert

(1) Meets all of the requirements set forth in Section 4999.32.

end insert begin insert

(2) Meets all of the requirements set forth in Section 4999.33.

end insert begin delete

(b)

end delete

begin insert (c) end insert  An applicant trained at an educational institution outside the
United States shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the board
that he or she possesses a qualifying degree that is equivalent to a
degree earned from an institution of higher education that is
accredited or approved. These applicants 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 Association of Credential Evaluation Services and shall
provide any other documentation the board deems necessary.

SEC. 20.  

Section 4999.47 of the Business and Professions
Code is amended to read:

4999.47.  

(a) Clinical counselor trainees, interns, and applicants
shall perform services only as an employee or as a volunteer.

The requirements of this chapter regarding gaining hours of
clinical mental health experience and supervision are applicable
equally to employees and volunteers. begin delete Experience shall not be
gained by interns or trainees as an independent contractor. end delete
begin insert Associates and trainees shall not be employed as independent
contractors, and shall not gain experience for work performed as
an independent contractor, reported on an IRS Form 1099, or
both end insert begin insert . end insert

(1) If employed, a clinical counselor intern shall provide the
board with copies of the corresponding W-2 tax forms for each
year of experience claimed upon application for licensure as a
professional clinical counselor.

(2) If volunteering, a clinical counselor intern shall provide the
board with a letter from his or her employer verifying the intern’s
employment as a volunteer upon application for licensure as a
professional clinical counselor.

(b) Clinical counselor trainees, interns, and applicants shall not
receive any remuneration from patients or clients, and shall only
be paid by their employers.

(c) While an intern may be either a paid employee or a volunteer,
employers are encouraged to provide fair remuneration.

(d) Clinical counselor trainees, interns, and applicants who
provide voluntary services or other services, and who receive no
more than a total, from all work settings, of five hundred dollars
($500) per month as reimbursement for expenses actually incurred
by those clinical counselor trainees, interns, and applicants for
services rendered in any lawful work setting other than a private
practice shall be considered an employee and not an independent
contractor.

(e) The board may audit an intern or applicant who receives
reimbursement for expenses and the intern or applicant shall have
the burden of demonstrating that the payments received were for
reimbursement of expenses actually incurred.

(f) Clinical counselor trainees, interns, and applicants shall only
perform services at the place where their employer regularly
conducts business and services, which may include other locations,
as long as the services are performed under the direction and
control of the employer and supervisor in compliance with the
laws and regulations pertaining to supervision. Clinical counselor
trainees, interns, and applicants shall have no proprietary interest
in the employer’s business.

(g) Each educational institution preparing applicants for
licensure pursuant to this chapter shall consider requiring, and
shall encourage, its students to undergo individual, marital or
conjoint, family, or group counseling or psychotherapy, as
appropriate. Each supervisor shall consider, advise, and encourage
his or her interns and clinical counselor trainees regarding the
advisability of undertaking individual, marital or conjoint, family,
or group counseling or psychotherapy, as appropriate. Insofar as
it is deemed appropriate and is desired by the applicant, the
educational institution and supervisors are encouraged to assist
the applicant in locating that counseling or psychotherapy at a
reasonable cost.

SEC. 21.  

Section 4999.52 of the Business and Professions
Code is amended to read:

4999.52.  

(a)  begin delete Except as provided in Section 4999.54, every end delete
begin insert Every end insert applicant for a license as a professional clinical counselor
shall be examined by the board. The board shall examine the
candidate with regard to his or her knowledge and professional
skills and his or her judgment in the utilization of appropriate
techniques and methods.

(b) The examinations shall be given at least twice a year at a
time and place and under supervision as the board may determine.

(c) The board shall not deny any applicant who has submitted
a complete application for examination admission to the licensure
examinations required by this section if the applicant meets the
educational and experience requirements of this chapter, and has
not committed any acts or engaged in any conduct that would
constitute grounds to deny licensure.

(d) The board shall not deny any applicant whose application
for licensure is complete admission to the examinations specified
by paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 4999.53, nor shall
the board postpone or delay this examination for any applicant or
delay informing the candidate of the results of this examination,
solely upon the receipt by the board of a complaint alleging acts
or conduct that would constitute grounds to deny licensure.

(e) If an applicant for the examination specified by paragraph
(2) of subdivision (a) of Section 4999.53, who has passed the
California law and ethics examination, is the subject of a complaint
or is under board investigation for acts or conduct that, if proven
to be true, would constitute grounds for the board to deny licensure,
the board shall permit the applicant to take this examination, but
may notify the applicant that licensure will not be granted pending
completion of the investigation.

(f) Notwithstanding Section 135, the board may deny any
applicant who has previously failed either the California law and
ethics examination, or the examination specified by paragraph (2)
of subdivision (a) of Section 4999.53, permission to retake either
examination pending completion of the investigation of any
complaints against the applicant.

(g) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the board from denying
an applicant admission to any examination, withholding the results,
or refusing to issue a license to any applicant when an accusation
or statement of issues has been filed against the applicant pursuant
to Section 11503 or 11504 of the Government Code, respectively,
or the application has been denied in accordance with subdivision
(b) of Section 485.

(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board may
destroy all examination materials two years following the date of
an examination.

(i) On and after January 1, 2016, the examination specified by
paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 4999.53 shall be passed
within seven years of an applicant’s initial attempt.

(j) A passing score on the clinical examination shall be accepted
by the board for a period of seven years from the date the
examination was taken.

(k) No applicant shall be eligible to participate in the
examination specified by paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of
Section 4999.53, if he or she fails to obtain a passing score on this
examination within seven years from his or her initial attempt. If
the applicant fails to obtain a passing score within seven years of
initial attempt, he or she shall obtain a passing score on the current
version of the California law and ethics examination in order to
be eligible to retake this examination.

(l) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2016.

SEC. 22.  

Section 4999.54 of the Business and Professions
Code is repealed.

begin delete

4999.54.  

(a) Notwithstanding Section 4999.50, the board may
issue a license to any person who submits an application for a
license between January 1, 2011, and December 31, 2011, provided
that all documentation is submitted within 12 months of the board’s
evaluation of the application, and provided he or she meets one of
the following sets of criteria:

(1) He or she meets all of the following requirements:

(A) Has a master’s or doctoral degree from a school, college,
or university as specified in Section 4999.32, that is counseling or
psychotherapy in content. If the person’s degree does not include
all the graduate coursework in all nine core content areas as
required by paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 4999.32,
a person shall provide documentation that he or she has completed
the required coursework prior to licensure pursuant to this chapter.
Except as specified in clause (ii), a qualifying degree must include
the supervised practicum or field study experience as required in
paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 4999.32.

(i) A counselor educator whose degree contains at least seven
of the nine required core content areas shall be given credit for
coursework not contained in the degree if the counselor educator
provides documentation that he or she has taught the equivalent
of the required core content areas in a graduate program in
counseling or a related area.

(ii) Degrees issued prior to 1996 shall include a minimum of
30 semester units or 45 quarter units and at least six of the nine
required core content areas specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision
(c) of Section 4999.32 and three semester units or four and one-half
quarter units of supervised practicum or field study experience.
The total number of units shall be no less than 48 semester units
or 72 quarter units.

(iii) Degrees issued in 1996 and after shall include a minimum
of 48 semester units or 72 quarter units and at least seven of the
nine core content areas specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision
(c) of Section 4999.32.

(B) Has completed all of the coursework or training specified
in subdivision (e) of Section 4999.32.

(C) Has at least two years, full-time or the equivalent, of
postdegree counseling experience, that includes at least 1,700 hours
of experience in a clinical setting supervised by a licensed marriage
and family therapist, a licensed clinical social worker, a licensed
psychologist, a licensed physician and surgeon specializing in
psychiatry, a professional clinical counselor or a person who is
licensed in another state to independently practice professional
clinical counseling, as defined in Section 4999.20, or a master’s
level counselor or therapist who is certified by a national certifying
or registering organization, including, but not limited to, the
National Board for Certified Counselors or the Commission on
Rehabilitation Counselor Certification.

(D) Has a passing score on the following examinations:

(i) The National Counselor Examination for Licensure and
Certification or the Certified Rehabilitation Counselor
Examination.

(ii) The National Clinical Mental Health Counselor Examination.

(iii) A California jurisprudence and ethics examination, when
developed by the board.

(2) Is currently licensed as a marriage and family therapist in
the State of California, meets the coursework requirements
described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1), and passes the
examination described in subdivision (b).

(3) Is currently licensed as a clinical social worker in the State
of California, meets the coursework requirements described in
subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1), and passes the examination
described in subdivision (b).

(b) (1) The board and the Office of Professional Examination
Services shall jointly develop an examination on the differences,
if any differences exist, between the following:

(A) The practice of professional clinical counseling and the
practice of marriage and family therapy.

(B) The practice of professional clinical counseling and the
practice of clinical social work.

(2) If the board, in consultation with the Office of Professional
Examination Services, determines that an examination is necessary
pursuant to this subdivision, an applicant described in paragraphs
(2) and (3) of subdivision (a) shall pass the examination as a
condition of licensure.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to expand or
constrict the scope of practice of professional clinical counseling,
as defined in Section 4999.20.

end delete

SEC. 23.  

Section 4999.60 of the Business and Professions
Code is amended to read:

4999.60.  

(a) This section applies to persons who are licensed
outside of California and apply for examination eligibility on or
after January 1, 2016.

(b) 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 valid license as a professional clinical counselor, or other
counseling license that allows the applicant to independently
provide clinical mental health services, in another jurisdiction of
the United States, if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

(1) The applicant’s education is substantially equivalent, as
defined in Section 4999.63.

(2) The applicant complies with subdivision begin delete (b) end delete begin insert (c) end insert of Section
4999.40, if applicable.

(3) The applicant’s supervised experience is substantially
equivalent to that required for a license under this chapter. The
board shall consider hours of experience obtained outside of
California during the six-year period immediately preceding the
date the applicant initially obtained the license described above.
If the applicant has less than 3,000 hours of qualifying supervised
experience, time actively licensed as a professional clinical
counselor shall be accepted at a rate of 100 hours per month up to
a maximum of 1,200 hours if the applicant’s degree meets the
practicum requirement described in subparagraph (C) of paragraph
(1) of subdivision (b) of Section 4999.63 without exemptions or
remediation.

(4) The applicant passes the examinations required to obtain a
license under this chapter. An applicant who obtained his or her
license or registration under another jurisdiction may apply for
licensure with the board without taking the clinical examination
if both of the following conditions are met:

(A) The applicant obtained a passing score on the licensing
examination set forth in regulation as accepted by the board.

(B) The applicant’s license or registration in that jurisdiction is
in good standing at the time of his or her application and is not
revoked, suspended, surrendered, denied, or otherwise restricted
or encumbered.

SEC. 24.  

Section 4999.61 of the Business and Professions
Code is amended to read:

4999.61.  

(a) This section applies to persons who apply for
examination eligibility or registration on or after January 1, 2016,
and who do not hold a license as described in Section 4999.60.

(b) The board shall accept education gained while residing
outside of California for purposes of satisfying licensure or
registration requirements if the education is substantially
equivalent, as defined in Section 4999.62, and the applicant
complies with subdivision begin delete (b) end delete begin insert (c) end insert of Section 4999.40, if applicable.

(c) The board shall accept experience gained outside of
California for purposes of satisfying licensure or registration
requirements if the experience is substantially equivalent to that
required by this chapter.

SEC. 25.  

Section 4999.120 of the Business and Professions
Code is amended to read:

4999.120.  

The board shall assess fees for the application for
and the issuance and renewal of licenses and for the registration
of interns to cover administrative and operating expenses of the
board related to this chapter. Fees assessed pursuant to this section
shall not exceed the following:

(a) The fee for the application for examination eligibility shall
be up to two hundred fifty dollars ($250).

(b) The fee for the application for intern registration shall be up
to one hundred fifty dollars ($150).

(c) The fee for the application for licensure shall be up to one
hundred eighty dollars ($180).

(d) The fee for the board-administered clinical examination, if
the board chooses to adopt this examination in regulations, shall
be up to two hundred fifty dollars ($250).

(e) The fee for the law and ethics examination shall be up to
one hundred fifty dollars ($150).

begin delete

(f) The fee for the examination described in subdivision (b) of
Section 4999.54 shall be up to one hundred dollars ($100).

end delete begin delete

(g)

end delete

begin insert (f) end insert  The fee for the issuance of a license shall be up to two
hundred fifty dollars ($250).

begin delete

(h)

end delete

begin insert (g) end insert  The fee for annual renewal of an intern registration shall be
up to one hundred fifty dollars ($150).

begin delete

(i)

end delete

begin insert (h) end insert  The fee for two-year renewal of licenses shall be up to two
hundred fifty dollars ($250).

begin delete

(j)

end delete

begin insert (i) end insert  The fee for issuance of a retired license shall be forty dollars
($40).

begin delete

(k)

end delete

begin insert (j) end insert  The fee for rescoring an examination shall be twenty dollars
($20).

begin delete

(l)

end delete

begin insert (k) end insert  The fee for issuance of a replacement license or registration
shall be twenty dollars ($20).

begin delete

(m)

end delete

begin insert (l) end insert  The fee for issuance of a certificate or letter of good standing
shall be twenty-five dollars ($25).

SEC. 26.  

No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of
the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within
the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.