Board of Behavioral Sciences: licensure requirements.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, and professional clinical counselors by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Existing law requires applicants for licensure in those professions to comply with specified educational and experience requirements, including, but not limited to, hours of supervised experience, and sets forth terms, conditions, and limitations for those hours of experience, as specified. This bill would revise those experience requirements and provide that individuals who submit applications for examination eligibility between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2020, may alternatively qualify under the current requirements. The bill would also make other technical and conforming changes. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 4980.43 of the Business and Professions Code made by this bill and AB 250 to take effect if both bills are chaptered and this bill is chaptered last.