BOARD MEETING
NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA
The Wright Institute
2728 Durant Avenue, Room 109/110
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 841-9230
Board Members
Stephen Phillips, JD, PsyD, President
Nicole J. Jones, Vice-President
Lucille Acquaye-Baddoo
Alita Bernal
Sheryll Casuga, PsyD
Michael Erickson, PhD
Seyron Foo
Jacqueline Horn, PhD
Legal Counsel
Norine Marks
Board Staff
Antonette Sorrick, Executive Officer
Sandra Monterrubio, Enforcement Program Manager
Cherise Burns, Central Services Manager
Stephanie Cheung, Licensing Manager
Curtis Gardner, Probation Coordinator
Liezel McCockran, Continuing Education and Renewals Coordinator
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 a 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 9:00 a.m. August 16, 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,
Thursday, August 16, 2018.
Thursday, August 16, 2018
9:00 a.m. - OPEN SESSION
Unless noticed for a specific time, items may be heard at any time during the period of the Board meeting.
The Board welcomes and encourages public participation in its meetings. The public may take appropriate opportunities to comment on any issue before the Board at the time the item is heard. If public comment is not specifically requested, members of the public should feel free to request an opportunity to comment.
1. Call to Order/Roll Call/Establishment of a Quorum
2. President's Welcome
3. Public Comment for Items not on the Agenda. Note: The Board 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)]
4. President's Report (S. Phillips)
a) 2018 Meeting Calendar and Locations
b) 2019 Meeting Calendar Draft
c) Committee Updates
d) Roles and Responsibilities of Board President and Vice-President
5. Executive Officer's Report (A. Sorrick)
9:30 a.m. - Petition Hearing
6. Petition for Early Termination of Probation - Maurizio Assandri, PhD
11:00 a.m. - Petition Hearing
7. Petition for Early Termination of Probation - Angie Maez, PhD
CLOSED SESSION
8. The Board will Meet in Closed Session Pursuant to Government Code Section 11126(c)(3) to Discuss Disciplinary Matters Including the Above Petitions, Proposed Decisions, Stipulations, Petitions for Reconsideration, and Remands.
9. The Board will Meet in Closed Session Pursuant to Government Code Section 11126(e) to Confer with and Receive Advice from Legal Counsel Regarding Pending Litigation.
RETURN TO OPEN SESSION
RECESS FOR THE DAY
Friday, August 17, 2018
9:00 a.m. - OPEN SESSION
11. Call to Order/Roll Call/Establishment of a Quorum
12. Public Comment for Items not on the Agenda. Note: The Board 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)]
13. Approval of the Board Meeting Minutes: May 10-11, 2018
14. DCA Executive Update
16. EPPP Part 2 Task Force Report (S. Foo)
a) Review and Discussion of Examination Sequencing and Timeline Scenarios that May Affect Applicants and the Board's Business Processes Relating to EPPP Part 2 Implementation
b) Task Force Recommendation to the Board in Light of Scenarios - Review and Determine Possible Statutory Changes to Business and Professions Code Sections 2940-2944, and Changes to Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations Sections 1388-1389.1
17. Enforcement Report (S. Monterrubio)
a) Proposed Amendments to Expert Reviewer Application
BREAK FOR LUNCH (TIME APPROXIMATE)
19. Licensing Report (S. Cheung)
20. Continuing Education and Renewals Report (L. McCockran)
21. Licensing Committee Report and Consideration of Committee Recommendations (Horn - Chairperson, Foo, Phillips)
a) Standardization of Training Categories
1) Proposed Amendments to Business and Professions Code: §§ 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's Requirement);
- § 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 (Reciprocity and Temporary Practice);
- § 2948 (Issuance of License); and
- § 2960 (Grounds for Disciplinary Action)
- § 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)
2) Proposed Amendments to Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations:
c) Consideration of Licensing Committee Recommendations Regarding an Extension of the 72-Month Registration Period Limitation for Registered Psychological Assistant Pursuant to Section 1391.1(b) of Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations
d) Consideration of Licensing Committee Recommendations Regarding an Extension of the 30-Consecutive Month Limitation to Accrue 1500 Hours of Post-Doctoral Supervised Professional Experience Pursuant to Section 1387(a) of Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations
22. Legislative Update - Discussion and Possible Action (Erickson)
a. Sponsored Legislation for the 2018 Legislative Session: Review and Potential Action
b. Review and Consideration of Positions on Legislation
1) Recommendations for Active Positions on Bills
A. AB 1436 (Levine) - Board of Behavioral Sciences: Licensees: Suicide Prevention Training
B. AB 2483 (Voepel) - Indemnification of Public Officers and Employees: Antitrust Awards
C. AB 2221 (Bloom) - Occupational therapy
2) Recommendations to Watch Bills
A. AB 1971 (Santiago) - Mental health services: involuntary detention: gravely disabled
B. AB 2302 (Baker) - Child Abuse: Sexual Assault: Mandated Reporters
C. AB 2324 (Rubio) - Elder or Dependent Adult Abuse: Disorderly Conduct: Mandated Reporters
D. AB 2608 (Stone) - Licensed Mental Health Service Provider Education Program: Former Foster Youth
E. SB 984 (Skinner) - State Boards and Commissions: Representation: Appointments
F. SB 1298 (Skinner) - The Increasing Access to Employment Act
c. Review of Bills with Active Positions Taken by the Board
1) AB 282 (Jones-Sawyer) - Aiding, Advising, or Encouraging Suicide: Exemption from Prosecution
3) AB 2143 (Caballero) - Mental Health: Licensed Mental Health Service Provider Education Program
4) AB 2943 (Low) - Unlawful Business Practices: Sexual Orientation Change Efforts
5) SB 1125 (Atkins) - Federally Qualified Health Center and Rural Health Clinic Services
d. Review of Bills with Watch Status Approved by the Board
1) AB 93 (Medina) - Healing Arts: Marriage and Family Therapists: Clinical Social Workers: Professional Clinical Counselors: Required Experience and Supervision
2) AB 148 (Mathis) - California Physician Corps Program: Practice Setting
3) AB 349 (McCarty) - Civil Service: Preference: Special Immigrant Visa Holder
4) AB 451 (Arambula) - Health Facilities: Emergency Services and Care
5) AB 456 (Thurmond) - Healing Arts: Associate Clinical Social Workers
6) AB 700 (Jones-Sawyer) - Public Health: Alcoholism or Drug Abuse Recovery: Substance Use Disorder Counseling
7) AB 767 (Quirk-Silva) - Master Business License Act
8) AB 827 (Rubio) - Department of Consumer Affairs: Task Force: Foreign-Trained Professionals
9) AB 1116 (Grayson) - Peer Support and Crisis Referral Services Pilot Program
10) AB 1136 (Eggman) - Health Facilities: Residential Mental or Substance Use Disorder Treatment
11) AB 1659 (Low) - Healing Arts Boards: Inactive Licenses
12) AB 1779 (Nazarian) - Sexual Orientation: Change Efforts
13) AB 1893 (Maienschein) - Maternal Mental Health: Federal Funding
14) AB 1896 (Cervantes) - Sexual Assault Counselor-Victim Privilege
15) AB 1968 (Low) - Mental Health: Firearms
16) AB 2018 (Maienschein) - Mental Health Workforce Planning: Loan Forgiveness, Loan Repayment, and Scholarship Programs
17) AB 2022 (Chu) - Pupil Health: Mental Health Care
18) AB 2044 (Stone) - Domestic Violence: Family Court
19) 2117 (Arambula) - Marriage and Family Therapists: Clinical Social Workers: Professional Clinical Counselors
20) AB 2119 (Gloria) - Foster Care: Gender Affirming Health Care and Behavioral Health Services
21) AB 2193 (Maienschein) - Maternal Mental Health
22) AB 2442 (Santiago) - Mental Health
23) AB 2539 (Mathis) - California Physician Corps Program: Practice Setting
24) AB 2780 (Bloom) - Family Law: Support Orders
25) AB 2861 (Salas) - Medi-Cal: Telehealth: Substance Use Disorders
26) SB 142 (Beall) - Criminal Offenders: Mental Health
27) SB 215 (Beall) - Diversion: Mental Disorders
28) SB 399 (Portantino) - Health Care Coverage: Pervasive Developmental Disorder or Autism
29) SB 715 (Newman) - Department of Consumer Affairs: Regulatory Boards: Removal of Board Members
30) SB 762 (Hernandez) - Optometry: administration of immunizations
23. Legislative Items for Future Meeting. The Board May Discuss Other Items of Legislation in Sufficient Detail to Determine Whether Such Items Should be on a Future Board Meeting Agenda and/or Whether to Hold a Special Meeting of the Board to Discuss Such Items Pursuant to Government Code Section 11125.4
24. Regulatory Update, Review, and Consideration of Additional Changes (M. Erickson)
a) 16 CCR Sections 1391.1, 1391.2, 1391.5, 1391.6, 1391.8, 1391.10, 1391.11, 1391.12, 1392.1 - Psychological Assistants
b) 16 CCR Section 1396.8 - Standards of Practice for Telehealth
c) 16 CCR Sections 1381.9, 1381.10, 1392 - Retired License, Renewal of Expired License, Psychologist Fees
d) 16 CCR Sections 1381.9, 1397.60, 1397.61, 1397.62, 1397.67 - Continuing Professional Development
25. Outreach and Education Committee Report (A. Bernal)
h) Two-Year Outreach and Education Campaign Update
i) DCA Brochure "Professional Therapy Never Includes Sex" - Update
26. PsyPACT - Status of PsyPACT and Review of Board Concerns and Feedback (C. Burns)
27. Discussion of How Board Members Indicate Their Interest in Being Nominated for President or Vice-President of the Board in November 2018
28. Recommendations for Agenda Items for Future Board Meetings. Note: The Board 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)]
ADJOURNMENT
Except where noticed for a time certain, all times are approximate and subject to change. The meeting may be canceled 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, and items scheduled to be heard on Thursday may be held over to Friday, items scheduled to be heard on Friday may be moved up to Thursday, for convenience, to accommodate speakers, or to maintain a quorum.
In the event a quorum of the Board is unable to attend the meeting, or the Board is unable to maintain a quorum once the meeting is called to order, the president may, at his discretion, continue to discuss items from the agenda and to vote to make recommendations to the full board at a future meeting [Government Code section 11125(c)].
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 at the time the item is heard, but the President may, at his discretion, apportion available time among those who wish to speak.
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.
The Board of Psychology advances quality psychological services for Californians by ensuring ethical and legal practice and supporting the evolution of the profession.
