CHAPTER 14. Social Workers [4991. - 4998.5.]

Chapter 14 added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 820, Sec. 1.

§§ 4991–4998.5 · 67 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 4991–4991.2 · 3 sections

   • § 4991 This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Clinical Social Worker Practice Act. It shall be liberally construed to effect its objectives.
   • § 4991.1 A person engages in the practice of clinical social work when he or she performs or offers to perform or holds himself or herself out as able to perform this…
   • § 4991.2 For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Accredited school of social work” means a school that is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the Council on…
2. ARTICLE 2. Application of Chapter §§ 4992–4993 · 17 sections

   • § 4992 (a) Every applicant for a license under this chapter shall file an application with the board accompanied by the application fee prescribed by this chapter.…
   • § 4992.05 (a) A registrant or an applicant for licensure as a clinical social worker shall pass the following two examinations as prescribed by the board: (1) A…
   • § 4992.07 (a) An applicant who had previously taken and passed the standard written examination but had not passed the clinical vignette examination shall also obtain a…
   • § 4992.09 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (a) of Section 4992.07, an applicant and registrant shall obtain a passing score on a board-administered California law…
   • § 4992.1 (a) Only individuals who have the qualifications prescribed by the board under this chapter are eligible to take an examination under this chapter. (b) Every…
   • § 4992.2 “Advertising,” as used in this chapter, includes, but is not limited to, any public communication as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 651, the issuance of…
   • § 4992.3 The board may deny a license or a registration, or may suspend or revoke the license or registration of a licensee or registrant if the licensee or registrant…
   • § 4992.31 (a) The Board of Behavioral Sciences shall require an applicant for clinical social work licensure or registration as an associate clinical social worker, as…
   • § 4992.33 The board shall revoke any license issued under this chapter upon a decision made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Chapter 5 (commencing with…
   • § 4992.35 The board may refuse to issue any registration or license whenever it appears that an applicant may be unable to practice his or her profession safely due to…
   • § 4992.36 The board may deny an application, or may suspend or revoke a license or registration issued under this chapter, for any of the following: (a) Denial of…
   • § 4992.4 The proceedings for the suspension or revocation of licenses under this chapter shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500)…
   • § 4992.5 Examinations may be held at those times and places as the board may determine. However, one examination shall be held during each calendar year. The board may…
   • § 4992.7 Every person who willfully makes any false statement or who impersonates any other person or permits or aids any other person to impersonate him or her in…
   • § 4992.8 A licensee or registrant shall give written notice to the board of a name change, giving both the old and new names. The written notice shall be submitted to…
   • § 4992.10 A licensed clinical social worker who owns a business using a fictitious business name shall not use a name that is false, misleading, or deceptive, and shall…
   • § 4993 (a) A licensed clinical social worker shall retain a client’s or patient’s health service records for a minimum of seven years from the date therapy is…
3. ARTICLE 4. Licensure §§ 4996–4997.1 · 41 sections

   • § 4996 (a) Only individuals who have received a license under this article may style themselves as “Licensed Clinical Social Workers.” Every individual who styles…
   • § 4996.1 (a) Effective January 1, 2016, the board shall issue a clinical social worker license to each applicant who qualifies pursuant to this article and who…
   • § 4996.2 Each applicant for a license shall furnish evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant complies with all of the following requirements: (a) Is at…
   • § 4996.3 (a) The board shall assess the following fees relating to the licensure of clinical social workers: (1) The application fee for registration as an associate…
   • § 4996.4 (a) Effective January 1, 2016, an applicant who fails the clinical examination may, within one year from the notification date of failure, retake that…
   • § 4996.5 The board shall issue a license to each applicant meeting the requirements of this article, which license, so long as the renewal fees have been paid, licenses…
   • § 4996.6 (a) Licenses issued under this chapter shall expire no more than 24 months after the issue date. The expiration date of the original license shall be set by…
   • § 4996.61 A suspended license is subject to expiration and shall be renewed as provided in this article, but such renewal does not entitle the licensee, while the…
   • § 4996.62 A revoked license is subject to expiration as provided in this article, but it may not be renewed. If it is reinstated after its expiration, the licensee…
   • § 4996.65 (a) In addition to the fees charged pursuant to Section 4996.3 for the biennial renewal of a license pursuant to Section 4996.6, the board shall collect an…
   • § 4996.7 A licensee shall display their license in a conspicuous place in the licensee’s primary place of practice when rendering professional clinical services in…
   • § 4996.75 (a) A licensee or registrant shall provide a client with a notice written in at least 12-point type prior to initiating psychotherapy services, or as soon as…
   • § 4996.9 The practice of clinical social work is defined as a service in which a special knowledge of social resources, human capabilities, and the part that…
   • § 4996.10 The provisions of this article shall be construed only as provisions relating to the examination and licensing of clinical social workers.
   • § 4996.11 The board may suspend or revoke the license of any person who is guilty on the grounds set forth in Section 4992.3. The proceedings for the suspension or…
   • § 4996.12 Any person who violates this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding a period of six months, or by…
   • § 4996.13 Nothing in this article shall prevent qualified members of other professional groups from doing work of a psychosocial nature consistent with the standards and…
   • § 4996.14 (a) This chapter shall not be construed to constrict, limit, or withdraw the Medical Practice Act, the Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Act, the Nursing…
   • § 4996.14.1 The settings described in Section 4996.14 are exempt settings and do not fall under the jurisdiction of this chapter or of the board except as specified in…
   • § 4996.14.2 (a) For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (1) “Nonexempt setting” means a setting that does not qualify as an exempt setting, as…
   • § 4996.15 (a) Nothing in this article shall restrict or prevent psychosocial activities by employees of accredited academic institutions, public schools, government…
   • § 4996.16 Nothing in this chapter shall apply to any clinical social worker from outside this state, when in actual consultation with a licensed practitioner of this…
   • § 4996.16.1 (a) Notwithstanding Section 4996, a person who holds a license in another jurisdiction of the United States as a clinical social worker may provide clinical…
   • § 4996.17.1 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…
   • § 4996.17.2 (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…
   • § 4996.18 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 4996.23, an applicant shall have an active registration with the board as an associate clinical social…
   • § 4996.19 Nothing in this article shall prohibit the acts or practices of a licensed clinical social workers’ corporation duly certificated pursuant to the Moscone-Knox…
   • § 4996.20 (a) “Supervisor,” as used in this chapter, means an individual who meets all of the following requirements: (1) Has held an active license for at least two…
   • § 4996.21 The board may audit the records of any supervisor to verify the completion of the supervisor qualifications specified by this chapter and by regulation. A…
   • § 4996.22 (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (d), the board shall not renew any license pursuant to this chapter unless the applicant certifies to the board, on a…
   • § 4996.23 (a) To qualify for licensure, each applicant shall complete 3,000 hours of post-master’s degree supervised experience related to the practice of clinical…
   • § 4996.23.1 (a) Except for experience gained by attending workshops, seminars, training sessions, or conferences, as described in paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) of…
   • § 4996.23.2 (a) An associate clinical social worker or applicant for licensure shall only perform mental health and related services as an employee or as a volunteer, not…
   • § 4996.23.3 (a) An associate clinical social worker or an applicant for licensure shall only perform mental health and related services at the places where their employer…
   • § 4996.25 (a) Any applicant for licensure as a licensed clinical social worker who began graduate study on or after January 1, 2004, shall complete, as a condition of…
   • § 4996.26 (a) A licensee who began graduate study prior to January 1, 2004, shall complete a three-hour continuing education course in aging and long-term care during…
   • § 4996.27 (a) On or after January 1, 2021, an applicant for licensure as a clinical social worker shall show, as part of the application, that they have completed a…
   • § 4996.27.1 (a) On or after July 1, 2023, an applicant for licensure as a clinical social worker shall show, as part of the application, that they have completed a minimum…
   • § 4996.28 (a) Registration as an associate clinical social worker shall expire one year from the last day of the month during which it was issued. To renew a…
   • § 4997 (a) A licensee may apply to the board to request that his or her license be placed on inactive status. (b) A licensee on inactive status shall be subject to…
   • § 4997.1 (a) (1) The board shall issue, upon submission of a completed application as prescribed by this section and payment of the fee fixed by this chapter, a retired…
4. ARTICLE 5. Licensed Clinical Social Workers Corporations §§ 4998–4998.5 · 6 sections

   • § 4998 A licensed clinical social worker corporation is a corporation that is authorized to render professional services, as defined in Section 13401 of the…
   • § 4998.1 It shall constitute unprofessional conduct and a violation of this chapter for any person licensed under this chapter to violate, attempt to violate, directly…
   • § 4998.2 Notwithstanding Section 4996, the name of a licensed clinical social worker corporation and any name or names under which it may be rendering professional…
   • § 4998.3 Except as provided in Section 13403 of the Corporations Code, each director, shareholder, and officer of a licensed clinical social worker corporation shall be…
   • § 4998.4 The income of a licensed clinical social worker corporation attributable to professional services rendered while a shareholder is a disqualified person, as…
   • § 4998.5 A licensed clinical social worker corporation shall not do or fail to do any act the doing of which or the failure to do which would constitute unprofessional…