California Codes, Business and Professions Code - BPC, Division 2 — Healing Arts, Chapter 6.6 — Psychologists, Article 4 — Denial, Suspension and Revocation, Section 2960.5
The board may refuse to issue any registration or license whenever it appears that an applicant may be unable to practice their profession safely due to mental illness or chemical dependency. The procedures set forth in Article 12.5 (commencing with Section 820) of Chapter 1 shall apply to any denial of a license or registration pursuant to this section.
Notes
Allows the board to refuse any license or registration when an applicant may be unable to practice their profession safely because of mental illness or chemical dependency. Requires any denial on that basis to follow the procedures in the referenced article, applying those procedures to a safety-based refusal of a license or registration.
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