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41 entriesSection 4996Prohibits anyone from using the title Licensed Clinical Social Worker, representing themselves as one, or practicing clinical social work without a license…Section 4996.1Requires the board, effective January 1, 2016, to issue a clinical social worker license to an applicant who qualifies under the article…Section 4996.2Requires clinical social worker applicants to be at least 21, hold an accredited social-work master’s degree, complete two years of supervised post-master’s…Section 4996.3Sets clinical-social-worker fees: associate application/renewal $150, up to $300; licensure and board clinical exam $250, up to $500; law-and-ethics exam $150, up…Section 4996.4Allows an applicant who fails the clinical examination, effective January 1, 2016, to retake it within one year after notice of failure…Section 4996.5Requires the board to license each applicant meeting the article’s requirements and allows the licensee, while renewal fees are paid, to practice…Section 4996.6Limits clinical social worker licenses to no more than 24 months and requires renewal by expiration with an application, two-year fee, continuing-education…Section 4996.61Limits the effect of renewing a suspended license: the license remains subject to expiration and must be renewed as otherwise required, but…Section 4996.62Prohibits renewal of a revoked license even though the license remains subject to expiration under the article. Allows reinstatement after expiration only…Section 4996.65Requires the board, beginning July 1, 2018, to collect an additional $20 at each biennial license renewal, on top of the otherwise…Section 4996.7Requires a licensee who renders professional clinical services in person to display the license conspicuously at the licensee’s primary place of practice.…Section 4996.75Requires a licensee or registrant to give each psychotherapy client a specified complaint notice in at least 12-point type before services begin…Section 4996.9Defines clinical social work as applying social-work knowledge and methods to improve social adjustment, including counseling, nonmedical psychotherapy, referrals, social services, psychosocial…Section 4996.10Limits construction of the article to provisions concerning the examination and licensing of clinical social workers. The article is therefore to be…Section 4996.11Allows the board to suspend or revoke a license when the licensee is guilty on the grounds specified in the referenced provision.…Section 4996.12Requires the following: Any person who violates this chapter must be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail…Section 4996.13Allows qualified members of other professions to perform psychosocial work consistent with their own professional standards and ethics, including physicians, psychologists, attorneys,…Section 4996.14Prohibits the following: (a)This chapter may not be construed to constrict, limit, or withdraw the Medical Practice Act, the Licensed Marriage and…Section 4996.14.1Exempts the settings described in the related exempt-setting provision from this chapter and board jurisdiction except as otherwise specified. A licensed or…Section 4996.14.2Defines “nonexempt setting,” “private practice,” and “professional corporation” for clinical social work and requires an active license or registration to practice in…Section 4996.15Exempts supervised psychosocial activities by employees of specified academic, school, government, or nonprofit institutions training accredited social-work master’s students from article restrictions,…Section 4996.16Exempts an out-of-state clinical social worker from this chapter while actually consulting with a California licensed practitioner or appearing as an invited…Section 4996.16.1Allows an out-of-state clinical social worker holding the highest independent-practice license to serve an established client temporarily in California for no more…Section 4996.17.1Allows the board to license an applicant holding the highest independent clinical social work license in another U.S. jurisdiction if that license…Section 4996.17.2Establishes the following rule: (a)This section applies to persons with education gained from an out-of-state school or experience gained outside of California…Section 4996.18Requires the following: (a)Except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 4996.23, an applicant must have an active registration with the board…Section 4996.19Allows acts and practices of a duly certificated licensed clinical social workers’ corporation when the corporation complies with the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation…Section 4996.20Defines the stated term using the categories and conditions listed in the provision. (4)Monitoring and addressing clinical dynamics, including, but not limited…Section 4996.21Allows the following: The board may audit the records of any supervisor to verify the completion of the supervisor qualifications specified by…Section 4996.22Prohibits the board from the conduct stated in the provision, including this rule: The board may not renew any license pursuant to…Section 4996.23Requires 3,000 hours of post-master’s supervised clinical-social-work experience, generally after associate registration, with a 90-day postdegree application exception. Requires at least 1,700…Section 4996.23.1Requires at least one hour of direct supervisor contact each week in each work setting, plus another hour when an associate performs…Section 4996.23.2Requires the following: (a)An associate clinical social worker or applicant for licensure must only perform mental health and related services as an…Section 4996.23.3Limits an associate clinical social worker or licensure applicant to employer-approved business locations and requires specified supervision arrangements in private practice or…Section 4996.25Requires a clinical-social-worker licensure applicant who began graduate study on or after January 1, 2004, to complete at least 10 contact hours…Section 4996.26Requires a licensee who began graduate study before January 1, 2004, to complete three hours on aging and long-term care during the…Section 4996.27Requires the following: (a)On or after January 1, 2021, an applicant for licensure as a clinical social worker must show, as part…Section 4996.27.1Requires, from July 1, 2023, clinical-social-worker licensure applicants to show at least three hours of telehealth mental-health-services training, including telehealth law and…Section 4996.28Requires the following: (a)Registration as an associate clinical social worker must expire one year from the last day of the month during…Section 4997Allows a clinical-social-worker licensee to choose inactive status, which bars practice, keeps the chapter applicable, halves the biennial renewal fee, and waives…Section 4997.1Requires the board to issue, upon submission of a completed application as prescribed by this section and payment of the fee fixed…