(a) When creating or updating the licensing examination required pursuant to Section 7527, the bureau shall consider all of the following:

(1) Including in the examination questions on the subject of laws relating to privacy and professional ethics.

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(2) Supplementing the examination with a separate examination on the subject of professional ethics.

(b) If the bureau determines pursuant to subdivision (a) that a separate professional ethics examination is necessary, the bureau shall require that current licensees take the separate professional ethics examination if this requirement is appropriate.

(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 309, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)