ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

Article 1 added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1677.

§§ 2900–2919 · 30 sections

§ 2900 The Legislature finds and declares that practice of psychology in California affects the public health, safety, and welfare and is to be subject to regulation…
§ 2901 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Psychology Licensing Law.”
§ 2902 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Licensed psychologist” means an individual to whom a license has been issued pursuant to…
§ 2903 (a) No person may engage in the practice of psychology, or represent themselves to be a psychologist, without a license granted under this chapter, except as…
§ 2903.1 A psychologist licensed under this chapter may use biofeedback instruments which do not pierce or cut the skin to measure physical and mental functioning.
§ 2904 The practice of psychology shall not include prescribing drugs, performing surgery or administering electroconvulsive therapy.
§ 2904.5 A psychologist licensed under this chapter is a licentiate for purposes of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 805, and thus is a health care provider…
§ 2905 The practice of psychology shall be as defined as in Section 2903, any existing statute in the State of California to the contrary notwithstanding.
§ 2907 Corporations shall have no professional rights, privileges, or powers, and shall not be permitted to practice psychology, nor shall the liability of any…
§ 2907.5 Nothing in Section 2907 shall be deemed to apply to the acts of a psychological corporation practicing pursuant to the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation…
§ 2908 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent qualified members of other recognized professional groups licensed to practice in the State of…
§ 2910 (a) This chapter shall not be construed to restrict persons who are employed in positions as psychologists or registered psychological associates of accredited…
§ 2911 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as restricting the activities and services of a graduate student or psychology intern enrolled in a doctoral program…
§ 2912 (a) Notwithstanding Section 2903, a person who holds a license in another jurisdiction of the United States or in Canada as a psychologist may provide…
§ 2913 A person other than a licensed psychologist may perform psychological functions in preparation for licensure as a psychologist only if all of the following…
§ 2914 (a) An applicant for licensure as a psychologist shall not be subject to denial of licensure under Division 1.5 (commencing with Section 475). (b) (1) On and…
§ 2914.1 The board shall encourage every licensed psychologist to take continuing professional development in geriatric pharmacology.
§ 2914.2 The board shall encourage licensed psychologists to take continuing professional development in psychopharmacology and biological basis of behavior.
§ 2914.3 (a) The board shall encourage institutions that offer a doctorate degree program in psychology to include in their biobehavioral curriculum, education and…
§ 2914.4 In determining its continuing professional development, the board shall consider including a course in menopausal mental health.
§ 2914.5 In determining its continuing professional development, the board shall consider including a course in maternal mental health.
§ 2915 (a) Except as provided in this section, the board shall issue a renewal license only to a licensed psychologist who has completed 36 hours of approved…
§ 2915.1 (a) Any person applying for a license as a psychologist or registration as research psychoanalyst shall, in addition to any other requirements, show by…
§ 2915.2 (a) The Legislature finds that there is a need to ensure that professionals of the healing arts who have demonstrable contact with victims and potential…
§ 2915.3 (a) The board shall consider adoption of continuing education requirements, including training in the area of recognizing chemical dependency and early…
§ 2915.4 (a) Effective January 1, 2020, an applicant for licensure as a psychologist shall show, as part of the application, that they have completed a minimum of six…
§ 2915.5 (a) Any applicant for licensure as a psychologist, as a condition of licensure, shall complete a minimum of six contact hours of coursework or applied…
§ 2916 If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect any of the…
§ 2918 The confidential relations and communications between psychologist and client shall be privileged as provided by Article 7 (commencing with Section 1010) of…
§ 2919 A licensed psychologist shall retain a patient’s health service records for a minimum of seven years from the patient’s discharge date. If the patient is a…