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California Business And Professions Code Section 2930.5

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(a) Any psychologist, who as a sole proprietor, or in a
partnership, group, or professional corporation, desires to practice
under any name that would otherwise be a violation of subdivision (r)
of Section 2960 may practice under that name if the proprietor,
partnership, group, or corporation obtains and maintains in current
status a fictitious-name permit issued by the committee under this
section.
   (b) The committee shall issue a fictitious-name permit authorizing
the holder thereof to use the name specified in the permit in
connection with his, her, or its practice if the committee finds to
its satisfaction that:
   (1) The applicant or applicants or shareholders of the
professional corporation hold valid and current licenses and no
charges of unprofessional conduct are pending against any such
licensed person.
   (2) The place, or portion thereof, in which the applicant's or
applicants' practice, is owned or leased by the applicant or
applicants.
   (3) The professional practice of the applicant or applicants is
wholly owned and entirely controlled by the applicant or applicants.

   (4) The name under which the applicant or applicants propose to
practice contains one of the following designations:  "psychology
group" or "psychology clinic."
   (c) Fictitious-name permits issued by the committee shall be
subject to Article 7 (commencing with Section 2980) pertaining to
renewal of licenses.
   (d) The committee may revoke or suspend any permit issued if it
finds that the holder or holders of the permit are not in compliance
with this section or any regulations adopted pursuant to this
section.  A proceeding to revoke or suspend a fictitious-name permit
shall be conducted in accordance with Section 2965.
   (e) The committee may also proceed to revoke the fictitious-name
permit of a licensee whose license has been revoked, but no
proceeding may be commenced unless and until the charges of
unprofessional conduct against the licensee have resulted in
revocation of the license.
   (f) The committee may delegate to the executive director, or to
another official of the board, its authority to review and approve
applications for fictitious-name permits and to issue those permits.

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