California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 2 — Healing ArtsChapter 16 — Licensed Professional Clinical CounselorsArticle 7 — Professional Clinical Counselor CorporationsSection 4999.125

The name of a professional clinical counselor corporation and any name or names under which it may be rendering professional services shall contain the words “licensed professional clinical counselor” or “professional clinical counselor” and wording or abbreviations denoting a corporate existence. A professional clinical counselor corporation that conducts business under a fictitious business name shall not use any name that is false, misleading, or deceptive, and shall inform each patient, prior to commencement of treatment, that the business is conducted by a professional clinical counselor corporation.

Notes

Requires a professional clinical counselor corporation’s name and professional-service names to include “licensed professional clinical counselor” or “professional clinical counselor” plus corporate wording or abbreviations. Prohibits false, misleading, or deceptive fictitious business names and requires each patient, before treatment begins, to be told that the business is conducted by a professional clinical counselor corporation.

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