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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.

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  1. Interim Recognition of Degrees from Institutions Approved by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education: This proposal would permit the Board to recognize applicants for MFT licensuer and MFT Intern registration who obtain a degere from a Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education approved school between January 1, 2009 and June 30, 2012, as long as the school held an approval to operate as of June 30, 2007.

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: June 30, 2008