2014 California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS
CHAPTER 13 - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists
ARTICLE 1 - Regulation
4980.40
To qualify for a license, an applicant shall have all of the following qualifications:
(a) Meet the educational requirements of Section 4980.36 or both Sections 4980.37 and 4980.41, as applicable.
(b) Be at least 18 years of age.
(c) Have at least two years of experience that meet the requirements of Section 4980.43.
(d) Pass a board administered written or oral examination or both types of examinations, except that an applicant who passed a written examination and who has not taken and passed an oral examination shall instead be required to take and pass a clinical vignette written examination.
(e) Not have committed acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of licensure under Section 480. The board shall not issue a registration or license to any person who has been convicted of a crime in this or another state or in a territory of the United States that involves sexual abuse of children or who is required to register pursuant to Section 290 of the Penal Code or the equivalent in another state or territory.
(f) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2016, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2016, deletes or extends that date.
(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 799, Sec. 29) by Stats. 2013, Ch. 473, Sec. 25. Effective January 1, 2014. Repealed as of January 1, 2016, by its own provisions. See later operative version, as further amended by Ch. 473.)
