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BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE
SECTION 4999.10-4999.14



4999.10.  This chapter constitutes, and may be cited as, the
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Act.



4999.11.  In enacting this chapter, the Legislature recognizes that
licensed professional clinical counselors practice a separate and
distinct profession from the professions practiced by licensed
marriage and family therapists and licensed clinical social workers.
As such, the Legislature recognizes the need to appropriately test
licensed marriage and family therapists and licensed clinical social
workers seeking to become licensed professional clinical counselors
on the difference in practice between the professions.



4999.12.  For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the
following meanings:
   (a) "Board" means the Board of Behavioral Sciences.
   (b) "Accredited" means a school, college, or university accredited
by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, or its
equivalent regional accrediting association.
   (c) "Approved" means a school, college, or university that
possessed unconditional approval by the Bureau for Private
Postsecondary and Vocational Education at the time of the applicant's
graduation from the school, college, or university.
   (d) "Applicant" means an unlicensed person who has completed a
master's or doctoral degree program, as specified in Section 4999.32
or 4999.33, as applicable, and whose application for registration as
an intern is pending or who has applied for examination eligibility,
or an unlicensed person who has completed the requirements for
licensure specified in this chapter and is no longer registered with
the board as an intern.
   (e) "Licensed professional clinical counselor" or "LPCC" means a
person licensed under this chapter to practice professional clinical
counseling, as defined in Section 4999.20.
   (f) "Intern" means an unlicensed person who meets the requirements
of Section 4999.42 and is registered with the board.
   (g) "Clinical counselor trainee" means an unlicensed person who is
currently enrolled in a master's or doctoral degree program, as
specified in Section 4999.32 or 4999.33, as applicable, that is
designed to qualify him or her for licensure under this chapter, and
who has completed no less than 12 semester units or 18 quarter units
of coursework in any qualifying degree program.
   (h) "Approved supervisor" means an individual who meets the
following requirements:
   (1) Has documented two years of clinical experience as a licensed
professional clinical counselor, licensed marriage and family
therapist, licensed clinical psychologist, licensed clinical social
worker, or licensed physician and surgeon who is certified in
psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
   (2) Has received professional training in supervision.
   (3) Has not provided therapeutic services to the clinical
counselor trainee or intern.
   (4) Has a current and valid license that is not under suspension
or probation.
   (i) "Client centered advocacy" includes, but is not limited to,
researching, identifying, and accessing resources, or other
activities, related to obtaining or providing services and supports
for clients or groups of clients receiving psychotherapy or
counseling services.
   (j) "Advertising" or "advertise" includes, but is not limited to,
the issuance of any card, sign, or device to any person, or the
causing, permitting, or allowing of any sign or marking on, or in,
any building or structure, or in any newspaper or magazine or in any
directory, or any printed matter whatsoever, with or without any
limiting qualification. It also includes business solicitations
communicated by radio or television broadcasting. Signs within church
buildings or notices in church bulletins mailed to a congregation
shall not be construed as advertising within the meaning of this
chapter.
   (k) "Referral" means evaluating and identifying the needs of a
client to determine whether it is advisable to refer the client to
other specialists, informing the client of that judgment, and
communicating that determination as requested or deemed appropriate
to referral sources.
   (l) "Research" means a systematic effort to collect, analyze, and
interpret quantitative and qualitative data that describes how social
characteristics, behavior, emotion, cognitions, disabilities, mental
disorders, and interpersonal transactions among individuals and
organizations interact.
   (m) "Supervision" includes the following:
   (1) Ensuring that the extent, kind, and quality of counseling
performed is consistent with the education, training, and experience
of the person being supervised.
   (2) Reviewing client or patient records, monitoring and evaluating
assessment, diagnosis, and treatment decisions of the clinical
counselor trainee.
   (3) Monitoring and evaluating the ability of the intern or
clinical counselor trainee to provide services to the particular
clientele at the site or sites where he or she will be practicing.
   (4) Ensuring compliance with laws and regulations governing the
practice of licensed professional clinical counseling.
   (5) That amount of direct observation, or review of audio or
videotapes of counseling or therapy, as deemed appropriate by the
supervisor.



4999.14.  The board shall do all of the following:
   (a) Communicate information about its activities, the requirements
and qualifications for licensure, and the practice of professional
clinical counseling to the relevant educational institutions,
supervisors, professional associations, applicants, clinical
counselor trainees, interns, and the public.
   (b) Develop policies and procedures to assist educational
institutions in meeting the educational qualifications of Sections
4999.32 and 4999.33.


State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > California > Bpc > 4999.10-4999.14

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE
SECTION 4999.10-4999.14



4999.10.  This chapter constitutes, and may be cited as, the
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Act.



4999.11.  In enacting this chapter, the Legislature recognizes that
licensed professional clinical counselors practice a separate and
distinct profession from the professions practiced by licensed
marriage and family therapists and licensed clinical social workers.
As such, the Legislature recognizes the need to appropriately test
licensed marriage and family therapists and licensed clinical social
workers seeking to become licensed professional clinical counselors
on the difference in practice between the professions.



4999.12.  For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the
following meanings:
   (a) "Board" means the Board of Behavioral Sciences.
   (b) "Accredited" means a school, college, or university accredited
by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, or its
equivalent regional accrediting association.
   (c) "Approved" means a school, college, or university that
possessed unconditional approval by the Bureau for Private
Postsecondary and Vocational Education at the time of the applicant's
graduation from the school, college, or university.
   (d) "Applicant" means an unlicensed person who has completed a
master's or doctoral degree program, as specified in Section 4999.32
or 4999.33, as applicable, and whose application for registration as
an intern is pending or who has applied for examination eligibility,
or an unlicensed person who has completed the requirements for
licensure specified in this chapter and is no longer registered with
the board as an intern.
   (e) "Licensed professional clinical counselor" or "LPCC" means a
person licensed under this chapter to practice professional clinical
counseling, as defined in Section 4999.20.
   (f) "Intern" means an unlicensed person who meets the requirements
of Section 4999.42 and is registered with the board.
   (g) "Clinical counselor trainee" means an unlicensed person who is
currently enrolled in a master's or doctoral degree program, as
specified in Section 4999.32 or 4999.33, as applicable, that is
designed to qualify him or her for licensure under this chapter, and
who has completed no less than 12 semester units or 18 quarter units
of coursework in any qualifying degree program.
   (h) "Approved supervisor" means an individual who meets the
following requirements:
   (1) Has documented two years of clinical experience as a licensed
professional clinical counselor, licensed marriage and family
therapist, licensed clinical psychologist, licensed clinical social
worker, or licensed physician and surgeon who is certified in
psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
   (2) Has received professional training in supervision.
   (3) Has not provided therapeutic services to the clinical
counselor trainee or intern.
   (4) Has a current and valid license that is not under suspension
or probation.
   (i) "Client centered advocacy" includes, but is not limited to,
researching, identifying, and accessing resources, or other
activities, related to obtaining or providing services and supports
for clients or groups of clients receiving psychotherapy or
counseling services.
   (j) "Advertising" or "advertise" includes, but is not limited to,
the issuance of any card, sign, or device to any person, or the
causing, permitting, or allowing of any sign or marking on, or in,
any building or structure, or in any newspaper or magazine or in any
directory, or any printed matter whatsoever, with or without any
limiting qualification. It also includes business solicitations
communicated by radio or television broadcasting. Signs within church
buildings or notices in church bulletins mailed to a congregation
shall not be construed as advertising within the meaning of this
chapter.
   (k) "Referral" means evaluating and identifying the needs of a
client to determine whether it is advisable to refer the client to
other specialists, informing the client of that judgment, and
communicating that determination as requested or deemed appropriate
to referral sources.
   (l) "Research" means a systematic effort to collect, analyze, and
interpret quantitative and qualitative data that describes how social
characteristics, behavior, emotion, cognitions, disabilities, mental
disorders, and interpersonal transactions among individuals and
organizations interact.
   (m) "Supervision" includes the following:
   (1) Ensuring that the extent, kind, and quality of counseling
performed is consistent with the education, training, and experience
of the person being supervised.
   (2) Reviewing client or patient records, monitoring and evaluating
assessment, diagnosis, and treatment decisions of the clinical
counselor trainee.
   (3) Monitoring and evaluating the ability of the intern or
clinical counselor trainee to provide services to the particular
clientele at the site or sites where he or she will be practicing.
   (4) Ensuring compliance with laws and regulations governing the
practice of licensed professional clinical counseling.
   (5) That amount of direct observation, or review of audio or
videotapes of counseling or therapy, as deemed appropriate by the
supervisor.



4999.14.  The board shall do all of the following:
   (a) Communicate information about its activities, the requirements
and qualifications for licensure, and the practice of professional
clinical counseling to the relevant educational institutions,
supervisors, professional associations, applicants, clinical
counselor trainees, interns, and the public.
   (b) Develop policies and procedures to assist educational
institutions in meeting the educational qualifications of Sections
4999.32 and 4999.33.



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Statutes > California > Bpc > 4999.10-4999.14

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE
SECTION 4999.10-4999.14



4999.10.  This chapter constitutes, and may be cited as, the
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Act.



4999.11.  In enacting this chapter, the Legislature recognizes that
licensed professional clinical counselors practice a separate and
distinct profession from the professions practiced by licensed
marriage and family therapists and licensed clinical social workers.
As such, the Legislature recognizes the need to appropriately test
licensed marriage and family therapists and licensed clinical social
workers seeking to become licensed professional clinical counselors
on the difference in practice between the professions.



4999.12.  For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the
following meanings:
   (a) "Board" means the Board of Behavioral Sciences.
   (b) "Accredited" means a school, college, or university accredited
by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, or its
equivalent regional accrediting association.
   (c) "Approved" means a school, college, or university that
possessed unconditional approval by the Bureau for Private
Postsecondary and Vocational Education at the time of the applicant's
graduation from the school, college, or university.
   (d) "Applicant" means an unlicensed person who has completed a
master's or doctoral degree program, as specified in Section 4999.32
or 4999.33, as applicable, and whose application for registration as
an intern is pending or who has applied for examination eligibility,
or an unlicensed person who has completed the requirements for
licensure specified in this chapter and is no longer registered with
the board as an intern.
   (e) "Licensed professional clinical counselor" or "LPCC" means a
person licensed under this chapter to practice professional clinical
counseling, as defined in Section 4999.20.
   (f) "Intern" means an unlicensed person who meets the requirements
of Section 4999.42 and is registered with the board.
   (g) "Clinical counselor trainee" means an unlicensed person who is
currently enrolled in a master's or doctoral degree program, as
specified in Section 4999.32 or 4999.33, as applicable, that is
designed to qualify him or her for licensure under this chapter, and
who has completed no less than 12 semester units or 18 quarter units
of coursework in any qualifying degree program.
   (h) "Approved supervisor" means an individual who meets the
following requirements:
   (1) Has documented two years of clinical experience as a licensed
professional clinical counselor, licensed marriage and family
therapist, licensed clinical psychologist, licensed clinical social
worker, or licensed physician and surgeon who is certified in
psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
   (2) Has received professional training in supervision.
   (3) Has not provided therapeutic services to the clinical
counselor trainee or intern.
   (4) Has a current and valid license that is not under suspension
or probation.
   (i) "Client centered advocacy" includes, but is not limited to,
researching, identifying, and accessing resources, or other
activities, related to obtaining or providing services and supports
for clients or groups of clients receiving psychotherapy or
counseling services.
   (j) "Advertising" or "advertise" includes, but is not limited to,
the issuance of any card, sign, or device to any person, or the
causing, permitting, or allowing of any sign or marking on, or in,
any building or structure, or in any newspaper or magazine or in any
directory, or any printed matter whatsoever, with or without any
limiting qualification. It also includes business solicitations
communicated by radio or television broadcasting. Signs within church
buildings or notices in church bulletins mailed to a congregation
shall not be construed as advertising within the meaning of this
chapter.
   (k) "Referral" means evaluating and identifying the needs of a
client to determine whether it is advisable to refer the client to
other specialists, informing the client of that judgment, and
communicating that determination as requested or deemed appropriate
to referral sources.
   (l) "Research" means a systematic effort to collect, analyze, and
interpret quantitative and qualitative data that describes how social
characteristics, behavior, emotion, cognitions, disabilities, mental
disorders, and interpersonal transactions among individuals and
organizations interact.
   (m) "Supervision" includes the following:
   (1) Ensuring that the extent, kind, and quality of counseling
performed is consistent with the education, training, and experience
of the person being supervised.
   (2) Reviewing client or patient records, monitoring and evaluating
assessment, diagnosis, and treatment decisions of the clinical
counselor trainee.
   (3) Monitoring and evaluating the ability of the intern or
clinical counselor trainee to provide services to the particular
clientele at the site or sites where he or she will be practicing.
   (4) Ensuring compliance with laws and regulations governing the
practice of licensed professional clinical counseling.
   (5) That amount of direct observation, or review of audio or
videotapes of counseling or therapy, as deemed appropriate by the
supervisor.



4999.14.  The board shall do all of the following:
   (a) Communicate information about its activities, the requirements
and qualifications for licensure, and the practice of professional
clinical counseling to the relevant educational institutions,
supervisors, professional associations, applicants, clinical
counselor trainees, interns, and the public.
   (b) Develop policies and procedures to assist educational
institutions in meeting the educational qualifications of Sections
4999.32 and 4999.33.