Title BPC — California Bus. & Prof. Code

Any person who violates this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding a period of six months, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both.

Nothing in this article shall prevent qualified members of other professional groups from doing work of a psychosocial nature consistent with the standards and ethics of their respective professions. However, they shall not hold themselves out to the public by any title or descri…

(a) For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (1) “Nonexempt setting” means a setting that does not qualify as an exempt setting, as specified in Section 4996.14. (2) “Private practice” means a type of nonexempt setting that meets all of the following cri…

(a) Nothing in this article shall restrict or prevent psychosocial activities by employees of accredited academic institutions, public schools, government agencies, or nonprofit institutions who train graduate students pursuing a master’s degree in social work in an accredited co…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 4996, a person who holds a license in another jurisdiction of the United States as a clinical social worker may provide clinical social work services in this state for a period not to exceed 30 consecutive days in any calendar year, if all of the follo…

(a) This section applies to persons with education gained from an out-of-state school or experience gained outside of California who apply for licensure or registration and who do not qualify for a license under Section 4996.17.1. (b) The board shall accept experience gained outs…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 4996.23, an applicant shall have an active registration with the board as an associate clinical social worker in order to gain hours of supervised experience. The application shall be made on a form prescribed by the board. (b)…

Nothing in this article shall prohibit the acts or practices of a licensed clinical social workers’ corporation duly certificated pursuant to the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act, as contained in Part 4 (commencing with Section 13400) of Division 3 of Title 1 of the Corp…

Each applicant for a license shall furnish evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant complies with all of the following requirements: (a) Is at least 21 years of age. (b) Has received a master’s degree from an accredited school of social work. (c) Has had two years of…

(a) “Supervisor,” as used in this chapter, means an individual who meets all of the following requirements: (1) Has held an active license for at least two years within the five-year period immediately preceding any supervision as either: (A) A licensed professional clinical coun…

The board may audit the records of any supervisor to verify the completion of the supervisor qualifications specified by this chapter and by regulation. A supervisor shall maintain records of completion of the required supervisor qualifications for seven years after termination o…

(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (d), the board shall not renew any license pursuant to this chapter unless the applicant certifies to the board, on a form prescribed by the board, that the applicant has completed not less than 36 hours of approved continuing education i…

(a) An associate clinical social worker or an applicant for licensure shall only perform mental health and related services at the places where their employer permits business to be conducted. (b) An associate who is employed by, or volunteering in, a private practice or a profes…

(a) Any applicant for licensure as a licensed clinical social worker who began graduate study on or after January 1, 2004, shall complete, as a condition of licensure, a minimum of 10 contact hours of coursework in aging and long-term care, which could include, but is not limited…

(a) A licensee who began graduate study prior to January 1, 2004, shall complete a three-hour continuing education course in aging and long-term care during his or her first renewal period after the operative date of this section, and shall submit to the board evidence acceptable…

(a) On or after July 1, 2023, an applicant for licensure as a clinical social worker shall show, as part of the application, that they have completed a minimum of three hours of training or coursework in the provision of mental health services via telehealth, which shall include …

(a) Registration as an associate clinical social worker shall expire one year from the last day of the month during which it was issued. To renew a registration, the registrant shall, on or before the expiration date of the registration, complete all of the following actions: (1)…

(a) The board shall assess the following fees relating to the licensure of clinical social workers: (1) The application fee for registration as an associate clinical social worker shall be one hundred fifty dollars ($150). The board may adopt regulations to set the fee at a highe…

(a) Effective January 1, 2016, an applicant who fails the clinical examination may, within one year from the notification date of failure, retake that examination as regularly scheduled, without further application, upon payment of the required examination fees. Thereafter, the a…

The board shall issue a license to each applicant meeting the requirements of this article, which license, so long as the renewal fees have been paid, licenses the holder to engage in the practice of clinical social work as defined in Section 4996.9, entitles the holder to use th…

(a) Licenses issued under this chapter shall expire no more than 24 months after the issue date. The expiration date of the original license shall be set by the board. (b) To renew an unexpired license, the licensee shall, on or before the expiration date of the license, complete…

A suspended license is subject to expiration and shall be renewed as provided in this article, but such renewal does not entitle the licensee, while the license remains suspended and until it is reinstated, to engage in the activity to which the license relates, or in any other a…

A revoked license is subject to expiration as provided in this article, but it may not be renewed. If it is reinstated after its expiration, the licensee shall, as a condition precedent to its reinstatement, pay a reinstatement fee in an amount equal to the renewal fee in effect …

(a) In addition to the fees charged pursuant to Section 4996.3 for the biennial renewal of a license pursuant to Section 4996.6, the board shall collect an additional fee of twenty dollars ($20) at the time of renewal. The board shall transfer this amount to the Controller who sh…

A licensee shall display their license in a conspicuous place in the licensee’s primary place of practice when rendering professional clinical services in person.

(a) A licensee or registrant shall provide a client with a notice written in at least 12-point type prior to initiating psychotherapy services, or as soon as practicably possible thereafter, that reads as follows: NOTICE TO CLIENTS The Board of Behavioral Sciences receives and re…

The practice of clinical social work is defined as a service in which a special knowledge of social resources, human capabilities, and the part that unconscious motivation plays in determining behavior, is directed at helping people to achieve more adequate, satisfying, and produ…

(a) A licensee may apply to the board to request that his or her license be placed on inactive status. (b) A licensee on inactive status shall be subject to this chapter and shall not engage in the practice of clinical social work in this state. (c) A licensee who holds an inacti…

(a) (1) The board shall issue, upon submission of a completed application as prescribed by this section and payment of the fee fixed by this chapter, a retired license to a licensed clinical social worker who holds a license that is current and active or a license that is inactiv…

A licensed clinical social worker corporation is a corporation that is authorized to render professional services, as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code, so long as that corporation and its shareholders, officers, directors, and employees rendering professional ser…

It shall constitute unprofessional conduct and a violation of this chapter for any person licensed under this chapter to violate, attempt to violate, directly or indirectly, or assist in or abet the violation of, or conspire to violate, any provision or term of this article, the …

Notwithstanding Section 4996, the name of a licensed clinical social worker corporation and any name or names under which it may be rendering professional services shall contain the words “licensed clinical social worker” and wording or abbreviations denoting corporate existence.…

Except as provided in Section 13403 of the Corporations Code, each director, shareholder, and officer of a licensed clinical social worker corporation shall be a licensed person as defined in the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act.

The income of a licensed clinical social worker corporation attributable to professional services rendered while a shareholder is a disqualified person, as defined in the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act (Part 4 (commencing with Section 13400) of Division 3 of Title 1 of…

A licensed clinical social worker corporation shall not do or fail to do any act the doing of which or the failure to do which would constitute unprofessional conduct under any statute, rule, or regulation now or hereafter in effect. In the conduct of its practice, it shall obser…

Unless the text otherwise requires, the general provisions hereinafter set forth govern the construction of this chapter.

“Director” refers to the Director of Consumer Affairs.

“Board” refers to the Structural Pest Control Board within the Department of Consumers Affairs.

“Registrar” refers to the registrar of the Structural Pest Control Board.

“Committee” means the Disciplinary Review Committee established pursuant to Section 8660.

“Person” includes an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association or other organization or any combination thereof.

“Pesticide” includes any of the following: (a) Any spray adjuvant. (b) Any substance, or mixture of substances, which is intended to be used for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest or organism.

“Control” means a pest population management system that utilizes techniques to reduce and maintain pest populations at levels below those causing economic or material injury, or to manipulate the populations to prevent causing such injury.

“Eradication” means the total elimination of a pest from a designated area. For purposes of this chapter, elimination and extermination shall have the same meaning as eradication.

“Inspection” is the act of a field representative or operator physically performing an onsite assessment of real property.

(a) “Structural pest control” and “pest control” as used in this chapter are synonymous. Except as provided in Section 8555 and elsewhere in this chapter, it is, with respect to household pests and wood destroying pests or organisms, or other pests that may invade households or o…

(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), for the purpose of this act, “fumigation” shall be defined as the use within an enclosed space for the destruction of plant or animal life, a substance having a vapor pressure greater than 5 millimeters of mercury at 25 degrees …

Warning signs shall be printed in red on white background and shall contain the following statement in letters not less than two inches in height: “DANGER—FUMIGATION.” They shall also depict a skull and crossbones not less than one inch in height and shall state in letters not le…

If the structure which has been fumigated has an attic or if the area underneath such structure is accessible to inspection for purposes of structural pest control, the registered company which performed the fumigation shall, immediately upon completion, post in the attic, immedi…

A registered company performing fumigation shall use an adequate warning agent with all fumigants which lack those properties. There may be circumstances in which the use of chloropicrin is not possible due to its unknown effects on sensitive items, including, but not limited to,…