SECTIONS 2920-2936 - California Statutes

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE

SECTION 2920-2936

2920. The Board of Psychology shall enforce and administer this
chapter. The board shall consist of nine members, four of whom shall
be public members.
This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2013,
and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends that date.

2920.1. Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for
the Board of Psychology in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and
disciplinary functions. Whenever the protection of the public is
inconsistent with other interests sought to be promoted, the
protection of the public shall be paramount.

2921. Each member of the board shall hold office for a term of four
years, and shall serve until the appointment and qualification of
his or her successor or until one year shall have elapsed since the
expiration of the term for which he or she was appointed, whichever
first occurs. No member may serve for more than two consecutive
terms.

2922. In appointing the members of the board, except the public
members, the Governor shall use his or her judgment to select
psychologists who represent, as widely as possible, the varied
professional interests of psychologists in California.
The Governor shall appoint two of the public members and the five
licensed members of the board qualified as provided in Section 2923.
The Senate Rules Committee and the Speaker of the Assembly shall each
appoint a public member, and their initial appointment shall be made
to fill, respectively, the first and second public member vacancies
which occur on or after January 1, 1983.

2923. Each member of the board shall have all of the following
qualifications:
(a) He or she shall be a resident of this state.
(b) Each member appointed, except the public members shall be a
licensed psychologist.
The public members shall not be licentiates of the board or of any
board under this division or of any board referred to in the
Chiropractic Act or the Osteopathic Act.

2924. The Governor has power to remove from office any member of
the board for neglect of any duty required by this chapter, for
incompetency, or for unprofessional conduct.

2925. The board shall elect annually a president and vice president
from among its members.

2926. The board shall hold at least one regular meeting each year.
Additional meetings may be held upon call of the chairman or at the
written request of any two members of the board.

2927. Five members of the board shall at all times constitute a
quorum.

2927.5. Notice of each regular meeting of the board shall be given
in accordance with the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9
(commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3
of Title 2 of the Government Code).

2928. The board shall administer and enforce this chapter.

2929. The board shall adopt a seal, which shall be affixed to all
licenses issued by the board.

2930. The board shall from time to time adopt rules and regulations
as may be necessary to effectuate this chapter. In adopting rules
and regulations the board shall comply with Chapter 3.5 (commencing
with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the
Government Code.

2930.5. (a) Any psychologist, who as a sole proprietor, or in a
partnership, group, or professional corporation, desires to practice
under any name that would otherwise be a violation of subdivision (r)
of Section 2960 may practice under that name if the proprietor,
partnership, group, or corporation obtains and maintains in current
status a fictitious-name permit issued by the committee under this
section.
(b) The committee shall issue a fictitious-name permit authorizing
the holder thereof to use the name specified in the permit in
connection with his, her, or its practice if the committee finds to
its satisfaction that:
(1) The applicant or applicants or shareholders of the
professional corporation hold valid and current licenses and no
charges of unprofessional conduct are pending against any such
licensed person.
(2) The place, or portion thereof, in which the applicant's or
applicants' practice, is owned or leased by the applicant or
applicants.
(3) The professional practice of the applicant or applicants is
wholly owned and entirely controlled by the applicant or applicants.
(4) The name under which the applicant or applicants propose to
practice contains one of the following designations: "psychology
group" or "psychology clinic."
(c) Fictitious-name permits issued by the committee shall be
subject to Article 7 (commencing with Section 2980) pertaining to
renewal of licenses.
(d) The committee may revoke or suspend any permit issued if it
finds that the holder or holders of the permit are not in compliance
with this section or any regulations adopted pursuant to this
section. A proceeding to revoke or suspend a fictitious-name permit
shall be conducted in accordance with Section 2965.
(e) The committee may also proceed to revoke the fictitious-name
permit of a licensee whose license has been revoked, but no
proceeding may be commenced unless and until the charges of
unprofessional conduct against the licensee have resulted in
revocation of the license.
(f) The committee may delegate to the executive director, or to
another official of the board, its authority to review and approve
applications for fictitious-name permits and to issue those permits.

2931. The board shall examine and pass upon the qualifications of
the applicants for a license as provided by this chapter.

2933. Except as provided by Section 159.5, the board shall employ
and shall make available to the board within the limits of the funds
received by the board all personnel necessary to carry out this
chapter. The board may employ, exempt from the State Civil Service
Act, an executive officer to the Board of Psychology. The board shall
make all expenditures to carry out this chapter. The board may
accept contributions to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2013,
and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends that date.

2934. Notwithstanding Section 112, the board may issue, biennially,
a current geographical directory of licensed psychologists. The
directory may be sent to licensees and to other interested parties at
cost.

2935. Each member of the board shall receive a per diem and
expenses as provided in Section 103.

2936. The board shall adopt a program of consumer and professional
education in matters relevant to the ethical practice of psychology.
The board shall establish as its standards of ethical conduct
relating to the practice of psychology, the "Ethical Principles and
Code of Conduct" published by the American Psychological Association
(APA). Those standards shall be applied by the board as the accepted
standard of care in all licensing examination development and in all
board enforcement policies and disciplinary case evaluations.
To facilitate consumers in receiving appropriate psychological
services, all licensees and registrants shall be required to post, in
a conspicuous location in their principal psychological business
office, a notice which reads as follows:

"NOTICE TO CONSUMERS: The Department of Consumer Affair's Board of
Psychology receives and responds to questions and complaints
regarding the practice of psychology. If you have questions or
complaints, you may contact the board on the Internet at
www.psychboard.ca.gov, by calling 1-866-503-3221, or by writing to
the following address:
Board of Psychology
1422 Howe Avenue, Suite 22
Sacramento, California 95825-3236"