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CA Bus & Prof Code § 2894 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6.5 - Vocational Nursing|ARTICLE 6 - Revenue|Section 2894.

2894.  (a) All money in the Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians Fund shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to carry out this chapter, including the promotion of nursing education in this state, and Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 4500), and for the refund, in accordance with law, of license fees or other moneys paid into the Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians Fund under the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 4500).(b) Claims against the Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians Fund shall be audited by the Controller, and shall be paid by the Treasurer upon warrants drawn by the Controller.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 92, Sec. 1. (SB 1289) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2895.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6.5 - Vocational Nursing|ARTICLE 6 - Revenue|Section 2895.1.

2895.1.  Notwithstanding any other law, an applicant for license renewal who receives the license after payment by a check or money order that is subsequently returned unpaid, shall not be granted a renewal until the applicant pays the amount outstanding from the returned check or money order, the applicable returned check fee, together with the applicable fee including any delinquency fee for the pending renewal. The board may require each applicant to make payment of all fees by cashier’s check.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 632, Sec. 32. (AB 1536) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2895.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6.5 - Vocational Nursing|ARTICLE 6 - Revenue|Section 2895.5.

2895.5.  As provided in subdivision (d) of Section 2895, the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians shall collect an additional five dollar ($5) assessment at the time of the biennial licensure renewal. This amount shall be credited to the Vocational Nurses Education Fund. This assessment is separate from those fees prescribed in Section 2895.(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 640, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2900 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6.6 - Psychologists|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2900.

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 and control in the public interest to protect the public from the unauthorized and unqualified practice of psychology and from unprofessional conduct by persons licensed to practice psychology.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1677.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2901 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6.6 - Psychologists|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2901.

2901.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Psychology Licensing Law.”(Repealed and added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1677.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2902 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6.6 - Psychologists|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2902.

2902.  As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise and except as in this chapter expressly otherwise provided the following definitions apply:(a) “Licensed psychologist” means an individual to whom a license has been issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, which license is in force and has not been suspended or revoked.(b) “Board” means the Board of Psychology.(c) A person represents himself or herself to be a psychologist when the person holds himself or herself out to the public by any title or description of services incorporating the words “psychology,” “psychological,” “psychologist,” “psychology consultation,” “psychology consultant,” “psychometry,” “psychometrics” or “psychometrist,” “psychotherapy,” “psychotherapist,” “psychoanalysis,” or “psychoanalyst,” or when the person holds himself or herself out to be trained, experienced, or an expert in the field of psychology.(d) “Accredited,” as used with reference to academic institutions, means the University of California, the California State University, or an institution that is accredited by a national or an applicable regional accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education.(e) “Approved,” as used with reference to academic institutions, means an institution having “approval to operate”, as defined in Section 94718 of the Education Code.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 695, Sec. 19. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2903 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6.6 - Psychologists|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2903.

2903.  (a) No person may engage in the practice of psychology, or represent himself or herself to be a psychologist, without a license granted under this chapter, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. The practice of psychology is defined as rendering or offering to render to individuals, groups, organizations, or the public any psychological service involving the application of psychological principles, methods, and procedures of understanding, predicting, and influencing behavior, such as the principles pertaining to learning, perception, motivation, emotions, and interpersonal relationships; and the methods and procedures of interviewing, counseling, psychotherapy, behavior modification, and hypnosis; and of constructing, administering, and interpreting tests of mental abilities, aptitudes, interests, attitudes, personality characteristics, emotions, and motivations.(b) The application of these principles and methods includes, but is not restricted to: assessment, diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and intervention to increase effective functioning of individuals, groups, and organizations.(c) Psychotherapy within the meaning of this chapter means the use of psychological methods in a professional relationship to assist a person or persons to acquire greater human effectiveness or to modify feelings, conditions, attitudes, and behaviors that are emotionally, intellectually, or socially ineffectual or maladaptive.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 529, Sec. 1. (AB 1374) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2903.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6.6 - Psychologists|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2903.1.

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.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 734.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2904 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6.6 - Psychologists|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2904.

2904.  The practice of psychology shall not include prescribing drugs, performing surgery or administering electroconvulsive therapy.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1677.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2904.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6.6 - Psychologists|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2904.5.

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 subject to the provisions of Section 2290.5.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 799, Sec. 17. (SB 1575) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2905 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6.6 - Psychologists|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2905.

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.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1677.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2907 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6.6 - Psychologists|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2907.

2907.  Corporations shall have no professional rights, privileges, or powers, and shall not be permitted to practice psychology, nor shall the liability of any licensed psychologist be limited by a corporation.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1677.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2907.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6.6 - Psychologists|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2907.5.

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 Act, as contained in Part 4 (commencing with Section 13400) of Division 3 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code and Article 9 (commencing with Section 2995) when the psychological corporation is in compliance with (a) the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act; (b) Article 9 (commencing with Section 2995); and (c) all other statutes now or hereafter enacted or adopted pertaining to such corporation and the conduct of its affairs.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1314, Sec. 11.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2908 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6.6 - Psychologists|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2908.

2908.  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent qualified members of other recognized professional groups licensed to practice in the State of California, such as, but not limited to, physicians, clinical social workers, educational psychologists, marriage and family therapists, licensed professional clinical counselors, optometrists, psychiatric technicians, or registered nurses, or attorneys admitted to the State Bar of California, or persons utilizing hypnotic techniques by referral from persons licensed to practice medicine, dentistry, or psychology, or persons utilizing hypnotic techniques which offer avocational or vocational self-improvement and do not offer therapy for emotional or mental disorders, or duly ordained members of the recognized clergy, or duly ordained religious practitioners from doing work of a psychological nature consistent with the laws governing their respective professions, provided they do not hold themselves out to the public by any title or description of services incorporating the words “psychological,” “psychologist,” “psychology,” “psychometrist,” “psychometrics,” or “psychometry,” or that they do not state or imply that they are licensed to practice psychology; except that persons licensed under Chapter 13.5 (commencing with Section 4989.10) of Division 2 may hold themselves out to the public as licensed educational psychologists.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 389, Sec. 1. (AB 2296) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2910 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6.6 - Psychologists|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2910.

2910.  (a) This chapter shall not be construed to restrict persons who are employed in positions as psychologists or registered psychological associates of accredited or approved academic institutions, public schools, or governmental agencies from practicing psychology or using the official title of the position for which they were employed if those employees are complying with the following:(1) Performing those psychological activities as part of the duties for which they were hired.(2) Performing those activities solely within the jurisdiction or confines of those organizations.(3) Do not hold themselves out as rendering or offering to render psychological services to any person outside of the organization in which they are employed.(4) Are primarily gaining the supervised professional experience required for licensure that is being accrued consistent with the board’s regulations.(b) Commencing January 1, 2016, an individual employed or who becomes employed by one or more employers as described in subdivision (a) shall be exempt under this section for a cumulative total of five years.(c) This chapter shall not be construed to restrict or prohibit a person who holds a valid and current credential as a school psychologist issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing from engaging in activities of a psychological nature or using the official title of the position for which they are employed, including the word “psychology” or any derivation.(d) This chapter shall not be construed to restrict or prohibit a person who is employed as a psychologist, registered psychological associate, professor, or instructor by an accredited or approved college, junior college, or university, or by a federal, state, county, or municipal governmental organization that is not primarily involved in the provision of direct health or mental health services, and who conducts research and disseminates their research findings and scientific information from engaging in activities of a psychological nature or using the official title of the position for which they are employed, including the word “psychology” or any derivation if that person complies with the following:(1) Performs only those psychological activities as part of the duties for which they are employed.(2) Performs those activities solely within the jurisdiction or confines of those organizations in which they are employed.(3) Does not hold themselves out as rendering or offering to render psychological services to any person outside of the organization in which they are employed.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 647, Sec. 5. (SB 801) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2911 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6.6 - Psychologists|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2911.

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 leading to one of the degrees listed in subdivision (b) of Section 2914 or a trainee in a post-doctoral placement approved by the American Psychological Association, the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers, or the California Psychology Internship Council. These persons may be designated by the title “psychology intern,” “psychology trainee,” “postdoctoral psychology fellow,” or another title clearly indicating the person’s training status.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 647, Sec. 6. (SB 801) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2912 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6.6 - Psychologists|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2912.

2912.  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to restrict or prevent a person who is licensed as a psychologist at the doctoral level in another state or territory of the United States or in Canada from offering psychological services in this state for a period not to exceed 30 days in any calendar year.(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 658, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2006.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2913 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6.6 - Psychologists|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2913.

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 conditions are met:(a) The person is registered with the board as a “registered psychological associate.” This registration shall be renewed annually in accordance with regulations adopted by the board.(b) (1) The person has completed or is any of the following:(A) Completed a master’s degree in psychology.(B) Completed a master’s degree in education with the field of specialization in educational psychology, counseling psychology, or school psychology.(C) Is an admitted candidate for a doctoral degree in any of the following:(i) Psychology with the field of specialization in clinical, counseling, school, consulting, forensic, industrial, or organizational psychology.(ii) Education, with the field of specialization in educational psychology, counseling psychology, or school psychology.(iii) A field of specialization designed to prepare graduates for the professional practice of psychology after having satisfactorily completed three or more years of postgraduate education in psychology and having passed preliminary doctoral examinations.(D) Completed a doctoral degree that qualifies for licensure under Section 2914.(2) The board shall make the final determination as to whether a degree meets the requirements of this subdivision.(c) (1) The registered psychological associate is supervised by a licensed psychologist. The registered psychological associate’s primary supervisor shall be responsible for ensuring that the extent, kind, and quality of the psychological services performed are consistent with the registered psychological associate’s and the primary supervisor’s training and experience. The primary supervisor shall be responsible for the registered psychological associate’s compliance with this chapter and regulations. A primary supervisor may delegate supervision as prescribed by the board’s regulations.(2) A licensed psychologist shall not supervise more than three registered psychological associates at any given time.(d) A registered psychological associate shall not do either of the following:(1) Provide psychological services to the public except as a trainee pursuant to this section.(2) Receive payments, monetary or otherwise, directly from clients.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 647, Sec. 7. (SB 801) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2914.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6.6 - Psychologists|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2914.1.

2914.1.  The board shall encourage every licensed psychologist to take continuing professional development in geriatric pharmacology.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 484, Sec. 4. (SB 1193) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2914.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6.6 - Psychologists|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2914.2.

2914.2.  The board shall encourage licensed psychologists to take continuing professional development in psychopharmacology and biological basis of behavior.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 484, Sec. 5. (SB 1193) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2914.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6.6 - Psychologists|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2914.3.

2914.3.  (a) The board shall encourage institutions that offer a doctorate degree program in psychology to include in their biobehavioral curriculum, education and training in psychopharmacology and related topics including pharmacology and clinical pharmacology.(b) The board shall develop guidelines for the basic education and training of psychologists whose practices include patients with medical conditions and patients with mental and emotional disorders, who may require psychopharmacological treatment and whose management may require collaboration with physicians and other licensed prescribers. In developing these guidelines for training, the board shall consider, but not be limited to, all of the following:(1) The American Psychological Association’s guidelines for training in the biological bases of mental and emotional disorders.(2) The necessary educational foundation for understanding the biochemical and physiological bases for mental disorders.(3) Evaluation of the response to psychotropic compounds, including the effects and side effects.(4) Competent basic practical and theoretical knowledge of neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, and neurophysiology relevant to research and clinical practice.(5) Knowledge of the biological bases of psychopharmacology.(6) The locus of action of psychoactive substances and mechanisms by which these substances affect brain function and other systems of the body.(7) Knowledge of the psychopharmacology of classes of drugs commonly used to treat mental disorders.(8) Drugs that are commonly abused that may or may not have therapeutic uses.(9) Education of patients and significant support persons in the risks, benefits, and treatment alternatives to medication.(10) Appropriate collaboration or consultation with physicians or other prescribers to include the assessment of the need for additional treatment that may include medication or other medical evaluation and treatment and the patient’s mental capacity to consent to additional treatment to enhance both the physical and the mental status of the persons being treated.(11) Knowledge of signs that warrant consideration for referral to a physician.(c) This section is intended to provide for training of clinical psychologists to improve the ability of clinical psychologists to collaborate with physicians. It is not intended to provide for training psychologists to prescribe medication. Nothing in this section is intended to expand the scope of licensure of psychologists.(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 822, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2915 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6.6 - Psychologists|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2915.

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 continuing professional development in the preceding two years.(b) A licensed psychologist who renews or applies to reinstate their license issued pursuant to this chapter shall certify under penalty of perjury that they are in compliance with this section and shall retain proof of this compliance for submission to the board upon request. False statements submitted pursuant to this section shall be a violation of Section 2970.(c) Continuing professional development means certain learning activities approved in four different categories:(1) Professional activities.(2) Academic activities.(3) Sponsored continuing education coursework.(4) Board certification from the American Board of Professional Psychology.The board may develop regulations further defining acceptable continuing professional development activities.(d) Continuing education courses approved to meet the requirements of this section shall be approved for credit by organizations approved by the board. An organization previously approved by the board to provide or approve continuing education is deemed approved under this section.(e) The board may accept continuing education courses approved by an entity that has demonstrated to the board in writing that it has, at a minimum, a 10-year history of providing educational programming for psychologists and has documented procedures for maintaining a continuing education approval program. The board shall adopt regulations necessary for implementing this section.(f) The administration of this section may be funded through professional license fees and continuing education provider and course approval fees, or both. The fees related to the administration of this section shall not exceed the costs of administering the corresponding provisions of this section.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 647, Sec. 9. (SB 801) Effective January 1, 2022.)