California Code of Regulations › Title 2 - Administration › Division 1 - Administrative Personnel › Chapter 3 - Department of Human Resources › Subchapter 1 - General Civil Service Rules › Article 30 - Employment Assessment › Section 599.975 - Standards and Procedures for Psychological Screening

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The standards and procedures for conducting psychological
						screening shall be as follows:
(a)
					 Minimum Psychological Standards. In order to be certified as a peace officer, a
					 candidate must be found to be free from any job relevant psychological,
					 emotional or mental traits, characteristics, or conditions that might adversely
					 affect the performance of the duties and powers of a peace officer.
(b) Psychological Tests. Each candidate shall
					 take a minimum of two written psychological tests (inventories) consistent with
					 the requirements of the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training
					 (POST).
(c) Evaluation Interview.
					 Each candidate shall have a face-to-face evaluation interview conducted by a
					 qualified professional as defined in section
					 599.973 of these regulations and
					 selected by the Screening Program's Chief Psychologist. With respect to each
					 candidate, the interviewing qualified professional shall have prior access to
					 all psychological screening tests and questionnaire data, summaries of
					 available prior screening reports, summaries of available prior mental health
					 evaluation/treatment records and relevant medical records, and a summary of the
					 agency's background investigation report.
(d) Report of Findings. The interviewing
					 qualified professional shall submit to the Screening Program's Chief
					 Psychologist a recommendation as to whether the candidate meets the minimum
					 psychological standards for appointment as a peace officer, together with a
					 detailed report of findings and opinions that explain and support the
					 recommended decision.
(e) Screening
					 Determination. The Screening Program's Chief Psychologist shall make a final
					 determination whether candidates should be certified as meeting the
					 psychological standards for appointment as peace officers, subject to the right
					 of appeal to the State Personnel Board. In determining whether a candidate
					 meets the psychological standards for appointment as a peace officer, the
					 Screening Program's Chief Psychologist shall consider the qualified
					 professional's Report of Findings, written psychological test data, and
					 substantiating behavioral evidence derived from one or more of the following
					 sources: prior evaluation and/or treatment records; background investigation or
					 other information collected by the agency; the candidate's self-report of
					 personal history; and behavior manifested in the evaluation
					 interview.
1. Change
						without regulatory effect adopting section filed 9-9-2014 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2014, No. 37).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  18502 and
						  19815.4(d),
						  Government Code. Reference: Sections
						  1031(f),
						  1031(g)
						  and
						  18931,
						  Government Code; and Sections
						  13503,
						  13506,
						  13510,
						  13510.5 and
						  13601(a),
						  Penal Code.