{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"2531.3","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 2531.3","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS [500. - 4999.202.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 5.3. Speech-Language Pathologists, Audiologists, and Hearing Aid Dispensers [2530. - 2539.14.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2/chapter-5.3"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Administration [2531. - 2531.95.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2/chapter-5.3/article-2"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 758, Sec. 11.   Effective January 1, 1998.","effective":"1998-01-01","html":"<p>The board shall examine every applicant for a speech-language pathology license or an audiology license at the time and place designated by the board in its discretion, but at least once in each year; and for that purpose may appoint qualified persons to give the whole or any portion of the examination, who shall be designated as commissioners on examination. A commissioner on examination need not be a member of the board, but shall be subject to the same rules and regulations and shall be entitled to the same fee as if he or she were a member of the board.</p><p>The board shall perform all examination functions, including but not limited to, participation in uniform examination systems.</p>","text":"The board shall examine every applicant for a speech-language pathology license or an audiology license at the time and place designated by the board in its discretion, but at least once in each year; and for that purpose may appoint qualified persons to give the whole or any portion of the examination, who shall be designated as commissioners on examination. A commissioner on examination need not be a member of the board, but shall be subject to the same rules and regulations and shall be entitled to the same fee as if he or she were a member of the board. The board shall perform all examination functions, including but not limited to, participation in uniform examination systems.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/administration-2531-3","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}