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Approved Regulation - 2004

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.

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Alcoholism and Other Chemical Substance Dependency Training - Effective August 1, 2004, Title 16 of Division 18, CCR Section 1810 was amended to allow local, county, state or federal governmental entities, licensed health facilities, and continuing education providers approved by the Board to offer the training required of those applying for licensure as a Marriage and Family Therapist with education and/or licensure in another state and applicants for licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with education in state and education and/or licensure in another state. The following documents are available in adobe acrobat reader.

Restructuring MFT and LCSW Examination Process: As required by Government Code Sections 11346.2 through 11346.9 this Certificate of Compliance Rulemaking File was approved by the Office of Administrative Law on July 22, 2004 and repeals, amends, and adopts the following Sections of Articles 1, 2, 4, and 6 of Division 18 of Title 16 to further clarify the legislative amendments included in Senate Bill 363 which became effective January 1, 2004, implement the Board’s November 13, 2003 decision to eliminate the oral examination and add a written clinical vignette written examination, and conform regulation language to current law. The changes are as follows:

a) Repeal Section 1815 of Division 18 of Title 16. This Section related to the oral examination appeals process.

b) Amend Section 1816.2 of Division 18 of Title 16 to replace references to “marriage, family and child counselor” with “marriage and family therapist”, clearly define the examination and re-examination fees for the MFT and LCSW standard written examination and the written clinical vignette examination, and eliminate the reference to the fees for the MFT and LCSW oral examination and re-examination.

c) Amend Section 1816.3 of Division 18 of Title 16 to eliminate the oral examination appeal fees, clarify the rescoring fees for any MFT or LCSW written examination, and replace the reference to “marriage, family, and child counselor” with “marriage and family therapist.”

d) Amend Article 4 title from Marriage, Family and Child Counselor to Marriage and Family Therapist.

e) Adopt Section 1829 in Article 4 of Division 18 of Title 16 to clearly explain the testing areas within the MFT standard written examination and the MFT written clinical vignette examination.

f) Amend Section 1833.3 of Division 18 of Title 16 to eliminate the reference to the terms “written or oral” examination and clarify that the reexamination timeframes apply to any MFT examination.

g) Amend Section 1877 of Division 18 of Title 16 to clearly explain the testing processes and testing areas within the LCSW standard written examination and the written clinical vignette examination. The following documents are available in adobe acrobat reader.

Updated: January 28, 2008