Section 4999.48.
4999.48. The board shall adopt regulations regarding the supervision of associates that may include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) Supervisor qualifications. (b) Continuing education requirements of supervisors. (c) Registration or licensing of supervisors, or both. (d) General responsibilities of supervisors. (e) The board’s authority in cases of noncompliance or gross or repeated negligence by supervisors. (Amended by […]
Section 4999.50.
4999.50. (a) The board may issue a professional clinical counselor license to any person who meets all of the following requirements: (1) He or she has received a master’s or doctoral degree described in Section 4999.32 or 4999.33, as applicable. (2) He or she has completed at least 3,000 hours of supervised experience in the practice of professional […]
Section 4999.51.
4999.51. An applicant for licensure as a professional clinical counselor or registration as an associate shall satisfy the following qualifications: (a) Not be subject to denial of licensure pursuant to Section 480. (b) (1) Not have been convicted of a crime in this or another state or in a territory of the United States that involves sexual abuse […]
Section 4999.52.
4999.52. (a) Every applicant for a license as a professional clinical counselor shall take one or more examinations, as determined by the board, to ascertain their knowledge, professional skills, and judgment in the utilization of appropriate techniques and methods of professional clinical counseling. (b) The examinations shall be given at least twice a year at a time […]
Section 4999.53.
4999.53. (a) Effective January 1, 2016, a registrant or an applicant for licensure as a professional clinical counselor shall pass the following examinations as prescribed by the board: (1) A California law and ethics examination. (2) A clinical examination administered by the board, or the National Clinical Mental Health Counselor Examination if the board finds that this examination […]
Section 4999.55.
4999.55. (a) Each 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 take 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 […]
Section 4999.60.
4999.60. (a) The board may issue a license to a person who, at the time of submitting an application for a license pursuant to this chapter, holds a license in another jurisdiction of the United States as a professional clinical counselor at the highest level for independent clinical practice if all of the following requirements are […]
Section 4999.61.
4999.61. (a) This section applies to persons with education gained from an out-of-state school or experience gained outside of California who apply for licensure or registration who do not qualify for a license under Section 4999.60. (b) The board shall accept education gained from an out-of-state school for purposes of satisfying licensure or registration requirements if the […]
Section 4999.62.
4999.62. (a) This section applies to persons with education gained from an out-of-state school who apply for licensure or registration and who do not qualify for a license under Section 4999.60. (b) For purposes of Section 4999.61, education is substantially equivalent if all of the following requirements are met: (1) The degree is obtained from an accredited or […]
Section 4999.64.
4999.64. (a) Effective January 1, 2016, an applicant who fails the examination specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 4999.53 may, within one year from the notification date of that failure, retake the examination as regularly scheduled without further application upon payment of the fee for the examination. Thereafter, the applicant shall not be […]