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Approved Regulation - 2007

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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1. Delegation of Authority: On March 20, 2007, the completed regulatory packet was given final approval by the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) and was filed with the Secretary of State’s office. This regulatory change took effect on April 19, 2007 and amends Section 1803 of Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR). This section pertains to the delegation of certain functions by the Board to the executive officer. These amendments would allow the executive officer to sign orders to compel a psychiatric evaluation of a Board licensee or registrant as part of an investigation of a complaint.

2. Abandonment of Application Files, Fees, and Technical Cleanup: Effective December 30, 2007 Sections 1805, 1806, 1816, 1816.1, 1816.2, 1816.4, 1816.6, 1854, 1856, and 1858 of Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations are amended and Sections 1833.3, 1855, and 1857 are repealed. These regulatory changes establish a 180-day waiting period between examinations for any applicant retaking an examination in order to ensure that the applicant take a different version of the examination; provides all candidates with a one-year period in which to take an examination to avoid abadonment of their application; sets forth non-substantive changes that restructure the regulations or make text revisions in order to provide clarity, improve structure and order, provide consistency across the practice acts, and remove duplicative, outdated, or unnecessary language; and implements technical and/or editorial changes in line with statutory changes made by SB 1475 (Statutes of 2007), See "Explanation of Changes" for more information about this regulation.

Updated: March 17, 2008