California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 2 — Healing ArtsChapter 6.6 — PsychologistsArticle 2 — AdministrationSection 2936
The board shall adopt a program of consumer and professional education in matters relevant to the ethical practice of psychology. The board shall establish as its standards of ethical conduct relating to the practice of psychology, the “Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct” published by the American Psychological Association (APA). The board shall apply those standards as the accepted standard of care in all licensing examination development and in all board enforcement policies and disciplinary case evaluations.
To help consumers receive appropriate psychological services, all licensed psychologists shall post, in a conspicuous location in their principal psychological business office, if any, and in their informed consent agreement a notice that reads as follows:
“NOTICE TO CONSUMERS:The Department of Consumer Affair’s Board of Psychology receives and responds to questions and complaints regarding the practice of psychology. If you have questions or complaints, you may contact the board by email at [email protected], on the Internet at www.psychology.ca.gov, by calling 1-866-503-3221, or by writing to the following address:
Board of Psychology 1625 North Market Boulevard, N-215 Sacramento, California 95834”
Notes
Requires the board to adopt consumer and professional education on ethical psychology practice, use the American Psychological Association’s named ethics code as the accepted standard of care in examinations and enforcement, and require licensed psychologists to post a conspicuous consumer notice in any principal psychology office and informed-consent agreement containing the board’s question-and-complaint contact information.
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