California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 2 — Healing ArtsChapter 14 — Social WorkersArticle 2 — Application of ChapterSection 4992.09
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (a) of Section 4992.07, an applicant and registrant shall obtain a passing score on a board-administered California law and ethics examination in order to qualify for licensure.
(b) A registrant shall participate in a board-administered California law and ethics examination before their registration renewal.
(c) If an applicant fails the California law and ethics examination, they may retake the examination, upon payment of the required fees, without further application.
(d) The board shall not issue a subsequent registration number unless the applicant has passed the California law and ethics examination.
(e) A registrant shall complete a minimum of three hours of continuing education in the subject of California law and ethics during each renewal period to be eligible to renew their registration, regardless of whether they have passed the California law and ethics examination. The coursework shall be obtained from a board-accepted provider of continuing education, as specified in Section 4996.22.
Notes
Requires applicants and registrants, except the specified transitional applicants, to pass the California law-and-ethics examination for licensure; registrants must take it before renewal and may retake after paying the fee without reapplying. Bars a subsequent registration number until passage and requires at least three hours of approved California law-and-ethics continuing education each renewal period, regardless of passage.
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