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Pending Regulation

The Board's Regulation sections are contained in the California Code of Regulations (CCR) Title 16 of Division 18, Articles 1-10. You can download the current version of the Board's Statutes and Regulations Relating to the Practice of Marriage and Family Therapy, Educational Psychology, and Clinical Social Work. The Board's Statutes and Regulations contain sections of the California Business and Professions Code and the California Code of Regulations. The publication also contains miscellaneous code sections from the California Health and Safety Code and the California Welfare and Institutions Code.

The following regulations are pending with the Board of Behavioral Sciences. The various regulation documents below are in Adobe's PDF format and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you need adobe acrobat, click on the icon below and follow the instructions for a free copy of the software.

1. Fingerprint Submission: This proposal will require all Board licensees and registrants for whom an electronic record of his or her fingerprints does not exist in the Department of Justice (DOJ) criminal offender record identification database to successfully complete a state and federal level criminal offender record information search conducted through the DOJ.
   
• Regulation Notice
• Proposed Language
• Initial Statement of Reasons
• Regulation Hearing - Location Change
2. Revision of Disciplinary Guidelines: This proposal will revise the Disciplinary Guidelines set forth by the Board and utilized in a disciplinary action against a licensee under the Administrative Procedures Act.
• Regulation Notice
• Proposed Language
• Proposed Disciplinary Guidelines
  • Pages 1 - 4
  • Pages 5 - 15
  • Pages 16 - 30
• Initial Statement of Reasons
• Regulation Hearing - Location Change

For further information regarding new or pending regulations, contact the Board office at (916) 574-7830. See the Adobe Acrobat publication on How to Participate in the Rulemaking Process for information on Submitting Your Comments on Draft Regulations. See Approved Regulations for prior year or recently approved regulation information.

Updated: February 2, 2009