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LICENSING COMMITTEE MEETING
NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA

Department of Consumer Affairs
1625 N. Market Blvd., HQ1 Hearing Room #102
Sacramento, CA 95834
(916) 574-7720

January 22, 2018

The Board plans to webcast this meeting on its website. Webcast availability cannot, however, be guaranteed due to limitations on resources or technical difficulties that may arise. If you wish to participate or to have a guaranteed opportunity to observe, please plan to attend at the physical location. Adjournment, if it is the only item that occurs after a closed session, may not be webcast. A link to the webcast will be available on the Board's Website at 8:30 a.m. on January 22, 2018, or you may access it at: https://thedcapage.wordpress.com/webcasts/. Links to agenda items with attachments are available at www.psychology.ca.gov prior to the meeting date.

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., or until completion of business

1. Call to Order/Roll Call/Establishment of a Quorum
2. Public Comment(s) for Items not on the Agenda. Note: The Committee may not discuss or take action on any matter raised during this public comment section, except to decide whether to place the matter on the agenda of a future meeting [Government Code Sections 11125 and 11125.7(a)]
3. Approval of the Licensing Committee Meeting Minutes: October 13, 2017
4. Review and Discuss Proposed Regulations for the Retired Status for a Psychologist License
5. Inactive Status for Psychological Assistants: Review and Discuss Draft Proposal to Add Language to Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations
6. Examination Subject Matter Expert (SME) Qualifications (L. Snyder)
7. Pathways to Licensure: Review Proposed Amendments
   1. Proposed Amendments to Evidence Code § 1010 and the following Business and Professions Code sections:
      • §§ 25, 28, 2915.5 (Training in Human Sexuality, Child, Elder, and Dependent Adult Abuse Assessment and Reporting, and Aging and Long-term Care);
      • § 27 (Disclosure of Information);
      • § 2903 (Licensure Requirements);
      • §§ 2909, 2909.5, 2910, & 2911, (Exemptions);
      • § 2913 (Psychological Assistant);
      • § 2914 (Applicant Requirements);
      • § 2915 (Continuing Professional Development);
      • §§ 29 & 2915.7 (Continuing Education: Chemical Dependency and Alcoholism and Aging and Long-term Care)
      • §§ 2940 & 2941 (Application and Examination Fees);
      • §§ 2942, 2943, & 2944 (Examination Time and Subjects);
      • § 2946 (Licensure in Another State);
      • § 2948 (Issuance of License); and
      • § 2960 (Grounds for Disciplinary Action)
   2. Proposed Amendments to Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations:
      • § 1380.3 (Definitions);
      • §§ 1381, 1381.1, & 1381.2 (Applications);
      • § 1381.4 (Failure to Appear for an Examination);
      • § 1381.5 (Failure to Pay Initial License Fee);
      • § 1381.6 (Permit Processing Times);
      • §§ 1382, 1382.3, 1382.4, 1382.5, & 1382.6 (Pre-licensing Courses);
      • § 1386 (Evaluation of Education);
      • § 1387 (Supervised Professional Experience);
      • §§ 1387.1 & 1387.2 (Qualifications of Primary and Delegated Supervisors);
      • § 1387.3 (Non-Mental Health Services);
      • § 1387.4 (Out-of-State Experience);
      • § 1387.5 (SPE Log);
      • §§ 1388, 1388.6, 1389, & 1389.1 (Examinations-Waiver/Reconsideration);
      • §§ 1387.7, 1390, 1390.1, 1390.2, & 1390.3 (Registered Psychologists);
      • §§ 1387.6, 1391, 1391.1, 1391.2, 1391.3, 1391.4, 1391.5, 1391.6, 1391.7, 1391.8, 1391.10, 1391.11, & 1391.12 (Psychological Assistants);
      • § 1392.1 (Psychological Assistant Fees); and
      • § 1397.71 (CE Provider Status)
8. Recommendations for Agenda Items for Future Licensing Committee Meetings. Note: The Committee may not discuss or take action on any matter raised during this public comment section, except to decide whether to place the matter on the agenda of a future meeting [Government Code Sections 11125 and 11125.7(a)]

CLOSED SESSION

9. Closed Session – The Licensing Committee will meet in Closed Session pursuant to Government Code Section 11126(c)(2) to discuss and consider qualifications for licensure

RETURN TO OPEN SESSION

ADJOURNMENT

All times are approximate and subject to change. The meeting may be canceled or changed without notice. For verification, please check the Board’s Web site at www.psychology.ca.gov, or call (916) 574-7720. Action may be taken on any item on the agenda. Items may be taken out of order, tabled or held over to a subsequent meeting, for convenience, to accommodate speakers, or to maintain a quorum.

In the event a quorum of the committee is unable to attend the meeting, or the committee is unable to maintain a quorum once the meeting is called to order, the president or chair of the meeting may, at his or her discretion, continue to discuss items from the agenda and to vote to make recommendations to the full board at a future meeting.

Meetings of the Board of Psychology are open to the public except when specifically noticed otherwise in accordance with the Open Meeting Act. The public may take appropriate opportunities to comment on any issue before the Board or its committees, at the time the item is heard, but the President or Committee Chair may, at his or her discretion, apportion available time among those who wish to speak. Board members who are present who are not members of the Committee may observe, but may not participate or vote.

The meeting is accessible to the physically disabled. A person who needs a disability-related accommodation or modification in order to participate in the meeting may make a request by contacting Antonette Sorrick, Executive Officer, at (916) 574-7720 or email bopmail@dca.ca.gov or send a written request addressed to 1625 N. Market Boulevard, Suite N-215, Sacramento, CA 95834. Providing your request at least five (5) business days before the meeting will help ensure availability of the requested accommodation. Links to agenda items, with exhibits are available at www.psychology.ca.gov, prior to the meeting date.