California Codes, Business and Professions Code - BPC, Division 2 — Healing Arts, Chapter 14 — Social Workers, Article 2 — Application of Chapter, Section 4992.35
The board may refuse to issue any registration or license whenever it appears that an applicant may be unable to practice his or her 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 to issue a clinical-social-work registration or license when it appears the applicant may be unable to practice safely because of mental illness or chemical dependency. Requires any denial under this ground to follow the procedures in the cited article governing such matters.
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