California Code of Regulations
Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations
Division 18 - Board of Behavioral Sciences
Article 1 - General Provisions
Section 1806 - Abandonment of Application

Universal Citation: 16 CA Code of Regs 1806

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024

An application shall be deemed abandoned under any of the circumstances described in this section. An application submitted after a previous application has been abandoned shall be treated as a new application, requiring the applicant to pay any fees required, and to meet current requirements.

(a) The applicant does not submit information required in order to correct the deficiencies specified in a deficiency letter within one (1) year from the date of the deficiency letter.

(b) The applicant for licensure, as defined in section 1805.01(a), does not maintain an active licensure application. An applicant maintains an "active licensure application" by participating in a required examination, as defined below, at least once every 365 days.

(1) The initial 365-day examination participation period shall begin on the date the applicant was sent a notification approving his or her licensure application.

(2) Subsequent 365-day examination participation periods shall begin on the date the applicant most recently participated in a required examination.

(3) "Required examination" is defined as an initial attempt or retake of an examination required by section 4980.397, 4989.20, 4992.05, or 4999.53 of the Code.

(c) The applicant fails to pay the initial license fee within one (1) year after notification by the board of successful completion of examination requirements.

1. Amendment filed 8-20-76; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 76, No. 34).
2. Amendment filed 9-15-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No. 38).
3. Change without regulatory effect of NOTE (Register 86, No. 41).
4. Amendment filed 5-17-90; operative 5-17-90 (Register 90, No. 26).
5. Amendment of subsections (a) and (c), new subsection (d) and amendment of NOTE filed 9-6-96; operative 9-6-96 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(d) (Register 96, No. 36).
6. Amendment of subsections (a) and (b) and NOTE filed 6-17-98; operative 7-17-98 (Register 98, No. 25).
7. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 11-30-2007; operative 12-30-2007 (Register 2007, No. 48).
8. New subsections (e)-(g), subsection relettering and amendment of NOTE filed 5-24-2011; operative 5-24-2011 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2011, No. 21).
9. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 12-30-2015; operative 1-1-2016 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2016, No. 1).
10. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 3-9-2020; operative 7-1-2020 (Register 2020, No. 11).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 4980.60 and 4990.20(a), Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 4980.30, 4980.35, 4980.397(a), 4980.398, 4980.399, 4980.40, 4980.44, 4980.72, 4984.01, 4984.7, 4984.72, 4989.20, 4989.22(b), 4989.68, 4992, 4992.05(a), 4992.07, 4992.09, 4996.1, 4996.3, 4996.4, 4996.17, 4996.18, 4996.28, 4999.42, 4999.50, 4999.53, 4999.55, 4999.60, 4999.61, 4999.64, 4999.100 and 4999.120, Business and Professions Code.

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