2005 California Business and Professions Code Sections 4510-4519 Article 2. Licensure

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE
SECTION 4510-4519

4510.  The board shall issue a psychiatric technician's license to
each applicant who qualifies therefor, and, if required to take it,
successfully passes the examination given pursuant to this chapter.
The board shall also issue a psychiatric technician's license to each
holder of a psychiatric technician license who qualifies for renewal
pursuant to this chapter and who applies for renewal.
   After the applicant passes the examination and upon receipt by the
board of the initial license fee required by subdivision (e) of
Section 4548, the board may issue a receipt or temporary certificate
that shall serve as a valid permit for the licensee to practice under
this chapter.
4510.1.  An applicant for license by examination shall submit a
written application in the form prescribed by the board.  After
completion of a board accredited or approved psychiatric technician
program and approval of the application, the board may issue an
interim permit authorizing the applicant to practice all skills
included in the permittee's basic course of study, pending the
results of the first licensing examination.
   A permittee shall function under the supervision of a licensed
psychiatric technician or a registered nurse, who shall be present
and available on the premises during the time the permittee is
rendering professional services.  The permittee may perform any
function taught in the permittee's basic psychiatric technician
program.
   If the applicant passes the examination, the interim permit shall
remain in effect until an initial license is issued by the board.  If
the applicant fails the examination, the interim permit shall
terminate upon notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, or
if the applicant fails to receive the notice, upon the date
specified in the interim permit.  An interim permittee shall not use
any title or designation other than psychiatric technician interim
permittee or "P.T.I.P."
4511.  An applicant for a psychiatric technician's license shall
have the following qualifications:
   (a) Be at least 18 years of age.
   (b) Have successfully completed an approved general education
course of study through the 12th grade or the equivalent thereof as
determined by the board.
   (c) Have successfully completed (1) a prescribed course of study
and training in a school accredited by the board, which course of
study and training shall combine the nursing knowledge and skills
necessary for the care of any ill person and in addition those
special skills necessary for the care of the mentally disabled and
the developmentally disabled, or (2) a course of study and training
which, together with previously acquired training or experience, is
determined by a school accredited by the board to be equivalent in
academic credits to its regular program for psychiatric technician
training, or (3) have completed a course of study and training which
in the opinion of the board is equivalent to the minimum requirements
of an accredited program for psychiatric technicians in the state.
Clinical inpatient experience shall be an integral part of any such
prescribed or equivalent course of study and training.
   (d) Have committed no act which, if committed by a licensed
psychiatric technician, would be ground for disciplinary action.
4511.2.  Schools accredited by the board for the training of
psychiatric technicians shall establish assessment procedures for the
purpose of evaluating the training and experience possessed by
persons seeking enrollment in their psychiatric technician training
program.  The schools shall:
   (a) Grant academic credit toward the completion of a psychiatric
technician training program for relevant training and experience in
health care, and
   (b) Make additional courses available to students who have been
given credit for previous training or experience.  The courses shall
be provided so that only those additional courses specified as needed
by the assessment center need be taken by the student and so that
such courses can be taken in as short a time as feasible.
4512.  An applicant for a psychiatric technician's license shall,
upon the filing of his application, pay to the board the application
fee prescribed by this chapter.
4513.  Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, every applicant
for a psychiatric technician's license shall be examined by the
board.  The examination shall be held at least once a year and at the
times and places determined by the board.
4515.  Upon written application and receipt of the required
application fee the board may issue a license to any applicant who
possesses a valid unrevoked license or certificate as a psychiatric
technician issued by any other state or a foreign country, and who in
the opinion of the board has the qualifications set forth in Section
4511.
4516.  Every person licensed under this chapter may be known as a
licensed psychiatric technician and may place the letters P.T. after
his name.
4517.  The board may, in its discretion, provide for a continuing
education program in connection with the professional functions and
courses described in this chapter.  The number of course hours that
the board may require in a continuing education program shall not
exceed the number of course hours prescribed for licensed vocational
nurses pursuant to Section 2892.5.
4518.  In the event the board adopts a continuing education program,
the board may collect a biennial fee as prescribed under Section
4548 from any provider of a course in continuing education who
requests approval by the board of the course for purposes of
continuing education requirements adopted by the board.  The fee,
however, shall in no event exceed the cost required for the board to
administer the approval of continuing education courses by continuing
education providers.
4519.  (a) In the case of a person who is employed by the state as a
psychiatric technician, no state funds shall be expended in
releasing the person from duty to attend continuing education
courses, other than funds for in-service training and related
state-provided programs.
   (b) If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the
provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to
Section 3517.5 of the Government Code, the memorandum of
understanding shall be controlling without further legislative
action, except that, if the provisions of a memorandum of
understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall
not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual
Budget Act.


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