California Business and Professions Code 4980.43.4 – (a) A trainee, associate, or applicant for licensure shall only …
(a) A trainee, associate, or applicant for licensure shall only perform mental health and related services at the places where their employer permits business to be conducted.
(b) An associate who is employed by or is volunteering in a private practice or a professional corporation shall be supervised by an individual who is both of the following:
Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 4980.43.4
- Applicant for licensure: as used in this chapter , means an unlicensed person who has completed the required education and required hours of supervised experience for licensure. See California Business and Professions Code 4980.03
- Associate: as used in this chapter , means an unlicensed person who has earned a master's or doctoral degree qualifying the person for licensure and is registered with the board as an associate. See California Business and Professions Code 4980.03
- Board: as used in this chapter , means the Board of Behavioral Sciences. See California Business and Professions Code 4980.03
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Experience: as used in this chapter , means experience in interpersonal relationships, psychotherapy, marriage and family therapy, direct clinical counseling, and nonclinical practice that satisfies the requirements for licensure as a marriage and family therapist. See California Business and Professions Code 4980.03
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- Supervisor: as used in this chapter , means an individual who meets all of the following requirements:
California Business and Professions Code 4980.03
- Trainee: as used in this chapter , means an unlicensed person who is currently enrolled in a master's or doctoral degree program, as specified in Sections 4980. See California Business and Professions Code 4980.03
(1) Is employed by or contracted by the associate’s employer or is an owner of the private practice or professional corporation.
(2) Either provides psychotherapeutic services to clients for the associate’s employer, or meets both of the following:
(A) The supervisor and the associate’s employer have a written contract providing the supervisor the same access to the associate’s clinical records provided to employees of that employer.
(B) The associate’s clients authorize the release of their clinical records to the supervisor.
(c) Supervisors of supervisees in a nonexempt setting shall not serve as individual or triadic supervisors for more than six supervisees at any time. Supervisees may be registered as associate marriage and family therapists, associate professional clinical counselors, associate clinical social workers, or any combination of those registrations.
(d) A written oversight agreement, as specified by the board by regulation, shall be executed between the supervisor and employer when the supervisor is not employed by the supervisee’s employer or is a volunteer. The supervisor shall evaluate the site or sites where the supervisee will be gaining experience to determine that the site or sites comply with the requirements of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 747, Sec. 7. (AB 690) Effective January 1, 2022.)