SECTIONS 2529-2529.5 - California Statutes

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE

SECTION 2529-2529.5

2529. Graduates of the Southern California Psychoanalytic
Institute, the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, the
San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute, the San Diego Psychoanalytic
Institute, or institutes deemed equivalent by the Medical Board of
California who have completed clinical training in psychoanalysis may
engage in psychoanalysis as an adjunct to teaching, training, or
research and hold themselves out to the public as psychoanalysts, and
students in those institutes may engage in psychoanalysis under
supervision, if the students and graduates do not hold themselves out
to the public by any title or description of services incorporating
the words "psychological," "psychologist," "psychology,"
"psychometrists," "psychometrics," or "psychometry," or that they do
not state or imply that they are licensed to practice psychology.
Those students and graduates seeking to engage in psychoanalysis
under this chapter shall register with the Medical Board of
California, presenting evidence of their student or graduate status.
The board may suspend or revoke the exemption of such persons for
unprofessional conduct as defined in Sections 725, 2234, and 2235.

2529.5. Each person to whom registration is granted under the
provisions of this chapter shall pay into the Contingent Fund of the
Medical Board of California a fee to be fixed by the Medical Board of
California at a sum not in excess of one hundred dollars ($100).
The registration shall expire after two years. The registration
may be renewed biennially at a fee to be fixed by the board at a sum
not in excess of fifty dollars ($50). Students seeking to renew their
registration shall present to the board evidence of their continuing
student status.
The money in the Contingent Fund of the Medical Board of
California shall be used for the administration of this chapter.