§ 4996.1

Amended (as amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 799, Sec. 53) by Stats. 2013, Ch. 473, Sec. 43. (SB 821) Effective January 1, 2014. Section operative January 1, 2016, by its own provisions.
(a)Effective January 1, 2016, the board shall issue a clinical social worker license to each applicant who qualifies pursuant to this article and who successfully passes a California law and ethics examination and a clinical examination. An applicant who has successfully passed a previously administered written examination may be subsequently required to take and pass another written examination.
(b)This section shall become operative on January 1, 2016.

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