California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

  • Section 2900.
    The Legislature finds and declares that practice of psychology in California affects the public health, safety, and welfare and is to be subject to regulation...
  • Section 2901.
    This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Psychology Licensing Law.”(Repealed and added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1677.)
  • Section 2902.
    As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise and except as in this chapter expressly otherwise provided the following definitions apply:(a) “Licensed psychologist”...
  • Section 2903.
    (a) No person may engage in the practice of psychology, or represent himself or herself to be a psychologist, without a license granted under this...
  • Section 2903.1.
    A psychologist licensed under this chapter may use biofeedback instruments which do not pierce or cut the skin to measure physical and mental functioning.(Added by...
  • Section 2904.
    The practice of psychology shall not include prescribing drugs, performing surgery or administering electroconvulsive therapy.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1677.)
  • Section 2904.5.
    A psychologist licensed under this chapter is a licentiate for purposes of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 805, and thus is a health...
  • Section 2905.
    The practice of psychology shall be as defined as in Section 2903, any existing statute in the State of California to the contrary notwithstanding.(Added by...
  • Section 2907.
    Corporations shall have no professional rights, privileges, or powers, and shall not be permitted to practice psychology, nor shall the liability of any licensed psychologist...
  • Section 2907.5.
    Nothing in Section 2907 shall be deemed to apply to the acts of a psychological corporation practicing pursuant to the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act, as...
  • Section 2908.
    Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent qualified members of other recognized professional groups licensed to practice in the State of California, such...
  • Section 2909.
    This chapter shall not be construed as restricting or preventing activities of a psychological nature or the use of the official title of the position...
  • Section 2909.5.
    This chapter shall not be construed as restricting or preventing activities of a psychological nature or the use of the official title of the position...
  • Section 2910.
    (a) This chapter shall not be construed to restrict the practice of psychology on the part of persons who are salaried employees of accredited or approved...
  • Section 2911.
    Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as restricting the activities and services of a graduate student or psychological intern in psychology pursuing a course...
  • Section 2912.
    Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to restrict or prevent a person who is licensed as a psychologist at the doctoral level in another...
  • Section 2913.
    A person other than a licensed psychologist may perform psychological functions in preparation for licensure as a psychologist only if all of the following conditions...
  • Section 2914.
    Each applicant for licensure shall comply with all of the following requirements:(a) Is not subject to denial of licensure under Division 1.5 (commencing with Section 475).(b) Possess...
  • Section 2914.1.
    The board shall encourage every licensed psychologist to take continuing professional development in geriatric pharmacology.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 484, Sec. 4. (SB 1193) Effective...
  • Section 2914.2.
    The board shall encourage licensed psychologists to take continuing professional development in psychopharmacology and biological basis of behavior.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 484, Sec. 5....
  • Section 2914.3.
    (a) The board shall encourage institutions that offer a doctorate degree program in psychology to include in their biobehavioral curriculum, education and training in psychopharmacology and...
  • Section 2915.
    (a) Except as provided in this section, the board shall issue a renewal license only to an applicant who has completed 36 hours of approved continuing...
  • Section 2915.4.
    (a) Effective January 1, 2020, an applicant for licensure as a psychologist shall show, as part of the application, that he or she has completed a...
  • Section 2915.5.
    (a) Any applicant for licensure as a psychologist who began graduate study on or after January 1, 2004, shall complete, as a condition of licensure, a...
  • Section 2915.7.
    (a) A licensee who began graduate study prior to January 1, 2004, shall complete a three-hour continuing education course in aging and long-term care during his...
  • Section 2916.
    If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect any of...
  • Section 2918.
    The confidential relations and communications between psychologist and client shall be privileged as provided by Article 7 (commencing with Section 1010) of Chapter 4 of...
  • Section 2919.
    A licensed psychologist shall retain a patient’s health service records for a minimum of seven years from the patient’s discharge date. If the patient is...

Last modified: October 22, 2018