Sections
21 entriesSection 4990Establishes a 13-member Board of Behavioral Sciences consisting of six specified licensed professionals and seven public members, with four-year terms and appointment…Section 4990.01Establishes that, notwithstanding any other law, repeal of the specified board provision renders the Board of Behavioral Sciences subject to review by…Section 4990.02Defines “board” as the Board of Behavioral Sciences for this chapter and the other specifically listed chapters governing related behavioral-science professions. The…Section 4990.04Requires the board to appoint a confidential, civil-service-exempt executive officer who serves at its pleasure, exercises delegated and vested duties, and receives…Section 4990.06Allows the Board of Behavioral Sciences, subject to civil-service requirements, stated statutory exceptions, and budget limits, to employ clerical, technical, and other…Section 4990.07Requires any applicant, registrant, or licensee with an email address to provide it to the board by July 1, 2022, and report…Section 4990.08Requires the Board of Behavioral Sciences to keep accurate records of all board proceedings, all applicants for licensure, and every individual to…Section 4990.09Prohibits the board from publishing online for more than five years after issuance the final determination of a citation and fine of…Section 4990.10Allows the board to conduct research and studies concerning problems involved in maintaining professional standards among people engaged in the professions it…Section 4990.12Establishes that administration and enforcement of this chapter and the specified related chapters are vested in the board and its executive officer,…Section 4990.13Allows a person verifying a license or registration to rely on licensing and registration information displayed on the Board of Behavioral Sciences’…Section 4990.14Requires the Board of Behavioral Sciences to have and use a seal bearing the words “The Board of Behavioral Sciences.” Also requires…Section 4990.16Establishes protection of the public as the board’s highest priority when exercising licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Requires public protection to prevail…Section 4990.18Establishes legislative intent only that the board use its resources to license marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, professional clinical counselors,…Section 4990.20Allows the board to adopt regulations needed to administer and enforce the chapters within its authority under the cited rulemaking law. Allows…Section 4990.22Requires the Behavioral Sciences Fund to support administration and enforcement of the board’s programs, with expenditures made upon legislative appropriation. Requires records…Section 4990.24Requires the powers and duties of the Board of Behavioral Sciences under the chapter to undergo the review mandated by the referenced…Section 4990.26Defines every reference in California law or regulations to the “Board of Behavioral Science Examiners,” “Board of Social Work Examiners of the…Section 4990.26.1Requires applicants for a marriage-and-family-therapy, clinical-social-work, or professional-clinical-counseling license or registration to show satisfactory evidence of human-sexuality training as a licensure condition.…Section 4990.26.2Requires one-time child-abuse assessment and reporting training for applicants for initial or renewed clinical social worker, professional clinical counselor, or marriage and…Section 4990.26.3Requires the board to consider adopting continuing-education requirements on recognizing chemical dependency and early intervention for clinical-social-worker, marriage-and-family-therapist, and professional-clinical-counselor license renewals.…