{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"4989.51","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 4989.51","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 13.5. Licensed Educational Psychologists [4989.10. - 4989.70.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2/chapter-13.5"},{"name":"ARTICLE 4. Regulation [4989.46. - 4989.52.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2/chapter-13.5/article-4"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 312, Sec. 2.   (SB 578)   Effective January 1, 2015.","effective":"2015-01-01","html":"<p>(a) A licensed educational psychologist shall retain a client’s health service records for a minimum of seven years from the date therapy is terminated. If the client is a minor, the client’s health service records shall be retained for a minimum of seven years from the date the client reaches 18 years of age. Health service records may be retained in either a written or an electronic format.</p><p>(b) This section shall apply only to the records of a client whose therapy is terminated on or after January 1, 2015.</p>","text":"(a) A licensed educational psychologist shall retain a client’s health service records for a minimum of seven years from the date therapy is terminated. If the client is a minor, the client’s health service records shall be retained for a minimum of seven years from the date the client reaches 18 years of age. Health service records may be retained in either a written or an electronic format. (b) This section shall apply only to the records of a client whose therapy is terminated on or after January 1, 2015.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/regulation-4989-51","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}