California Code of Regulations
Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations
Division 18 - Board of Behavioral Sciences
Article 6 - Licensed Clinical Social Workers
Section 1870.5 - Supervision of Experience Gained Outside of California

Universal Citation: 16 CA Code of Regs 1870.5

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

(a) Experience gained outside of California must have been supervised in accordance with the following criteria:

(1) At the time of supervision, the supervisor was licensed or certified by the state or jurisdiction in which the supervision occurred, and possessed a current and active license or certification that was not under suspension or probation.

(2) The supervisor must have been licensed or certified by that state or jurisdiction for at least two (2) of the past five (5) years immediately prior to acting as a supervisor, as either a psychologist, clinical social worker, physician certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, professional clinical counselor, marriage and family therapist or similarly titled marriage and family practitioner, or other equivalent license or certification that allows the practitioner to independently provide clinical mental health services.

1. New section filed 9-27-2021; operative 1-1-2022 (Register 2021, No. 40). Transmission deadline specified in Government Code section 11346.4(b) extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-71-20. Filing deadline specified in Government Code section 11349.3(a) extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-71-20.

Note: Authority cited: Section 4990.20, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 4996.17.2 and 4996.20, Business and Professions Code.

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