ARTICLE 4. Licensure [4996. - 4997.1.]

Heading of Article 4 amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 659, Sec. 26.

§§ 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…