California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 1 - Generally

• Section 4500.
  This chapter is known and may be cited as the “Psychiatric Technicians Law.”(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1851.)
• Section 4501.
  (a) “Board,” as used in this chapter, means the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State of California.(b) This section shall remain in effect...
• Section 4501.1.
  Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the board in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever the protection of the...
• Section 4501.2.
  Notwithstanding any other law, the repeal of Section 4501 renders the successor entity to the board in Section 4501 subject to review by the appropriate...
• Section 4502.
  As used in this chapter, “psychiatric technician” means any person who, for compensation or personal profit, implements procedures and techniques that involve understanding of cause...
• Section 4502.1.
  A psychiatric technician, working in a mental health facility or developmental disability facility, when prescribed by a physician and surgeon, may administer medications by hypodermic...
• Section 4502.2.
  A psychiatric technician, when prescribed by a physician and surgeon, may withdraw blood from a patient with a mental illness or developmental disability if the...
• Section 4502.3.
  (a) A psychiatric technician, when prescribed by a physician and surgeon, may perform the following activities on a patient with a mental illness or developmental disability:(1) Tuberculin,...
• Section 4503.
  (a) The board shall administer and enforce this chapter.(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2021, and as of that date is repealed.(Amended...
• Section 4503.1.
  Notwithstanding any other law, the repeal of Section 4503 renders the successor entity to the board in Section 4503 subject to review by the appropriate...
• Section 4504.
  The board may adopt rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1851.)
• Section 4505.
  Except as provided by Section 159.5, the board may employ whatever personnel is necessary for the administration of this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 376,...
• Section 4506.
  (a) The board shall collect, at least biennially, at the times of both issuing an initial license and issuing a renewal license, all of the following...
• Section 4507.
  This chapter shall not apply to the following:(a) Physicians and surgeons licensed pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000) of Division 2.(b) Psychologists licensed pursuant to...
• Section 4508.
  This chapter does not prohibit provisions of the services regulated herein with or without compensation or personal profit, when done by the tenets of any...
• Section 4509.5.
  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent persons from performing services described in Section 4502 for purposes of training to qualify for licensure...

Last modified: October 22, 2018