SECTIONS 4530-4532 - California Statutes

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE

SECTION 4530-4532

4530. The board shall prepare and maintain a list of accredited
schools which offer an accredited program for psychiatric
technicians.

4531. The course of instruction of an accredited school shall
consist of not less than the number of hours or semester units of
instruction required for the other program administered by the board.
The subjects of instruction shall include the principles of the care
of the mentally disabled and the developmentally disabled. Clinical
inpatient experience shall be an integral part of that prescribed or
equivalent course of study and training. The experience shall be
obtained in a state hospital, except where the board finds that the
requirement is not feasible due either to the distance of a state
hospital from the school or the unavailability, as determined by the
Department of Developmental Services or the Department of Mental
Health, of state hospital clinical training placements.

4532. The board shall provide for the periodic inspection of all
psychiatric technician schools in this State. Written reports of the
inspection shall be made to the board, which shall then approve as
accredited the schools which meet the standards prescribed by it.
If the board determines from a report that any accredited school
is not maintaining its prescribed standards, it shall immediately
give the school a notice in writing specifying the defect. If the
defect is not corrected the board shall, after written notice, remove
the school from the accredited list.