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NOTICE OF BOARD MEETING

Hilton Los Angeles Airport
5711 West Century Boulevard
Carmel Meeting Room
Los Angeles, CA 90045
(310) 410-4000

April 24-26, 2019

 

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. April 24, 2019, 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, Wednesday, April 24, 2019.

Wednesday, april 24, 2019

AGENDA

10:00 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. Acknowledgement of Ms. Lucille Acquaye-Baddoo and Ms. Nicole J. Jones

4. 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)]

5. President’s Report (S. Phillips)

1. 2019 Meeting Calendar and Locations
2. Committee Updates

6. Executive Officer’s Report (A. Sorrick)

1. Organizational Update

7. DCA Executive Update

11:00 a.m. - Petition Hearing

8. Petition for Reinstatement of License – Leslie Price, PsyD

BREAK FOR LUNCH (TIME APPROXIMATE)

1:30 p.m. - Petition Hearing

9. Petition for Early Termination of Probation – Adriana Camargo-Fernandez, PhD

CLOSED SESSION

10. 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.

RETURN TO OPEN SESSION

RECESS FOR THE DAY

Thursday, April 25, 2019

9:30 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. Discussion and Possible Approval of the Board Meeting Minutes: February 7-8, 2019

14. Budget Report (C. Burns)

15. Outreach and Education Updates (A. Bernal)

1. Website
2. Social Media
3. Newsletter
4. Outreach Activities
5. DCA Brochure "Professional Therapy Never Includes Sex" - Update

11:00 a.m. - Petition Hearing

16. Petition for Early Termination of Probation - Amy Reyes, PhD

BREAK FOR LUNCH (TIME APPROXIMATE)

1:30 p.m. - Petition Hearing

17. Petition for Early Termination of Terms and Conditions - Chelsea Spitze, PhD

CLOSED SESSION

18. 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.

RETURN TO OPEN SESSION

RECESS FOR THE DAY

Friday, April 26, 2019

9:30 a.m. – OPEN SESSION

19. Call to Order/Roll Call/Establishment of a Quorum

20. Licensing Report (S. Cheung)

21. Continuing Education and Renewals Report (L. McCockran)

22. Policy and Advocacy Committee Report -- Consideration and Possible Approval of Committee Recommendations (Foo – Chairperson, Casuga, Jones, Phillips)

a. Review and Consideration of Revisions to the Goal of the Policy and Advocacy Committee

b. Board Sponsored Legislation for the 2019 Legislative Session: Review and Possible Action

1. SB 275 (Pan) – Amendments to Section 2960.1 of the Business and Professions Code Regarding Denial, Suspension and Revocation for Acts of Sexual Contact

2. Update on Amendments to Sections 2912, 2940-2944 of the Business and Professions Code Regarding Examinations, and New Section to the Business and Professions Code Regarding Voluntary Surrender

c. Review and Consideration of Proposed Legislation: Potential Action to Take Positions on Bills

1. Newly Introduced Bills –Potential Action to Recommend Active Positions to the Board

A. AB 544 (Brough) Professions and vocations: inactive license fees and accrued and unpaid renewal fees.

B. AB 1145 (Garcia) Child abuse: reportable conduct.

C. SB 53 (Wilk) Open meetings.

D. SB 66 (Atkins) Medi-Cal: federally qualified health center and rural health clinic services.

E. SB 425 (Hill) Health care practitioners: licensee’s file: probationary physician’s and surgeon’s certificate: unprofessional conduct.

2. Newly Introduced Bills – Potential Action to Recommend the Board Watch Bills

A. AB 8 (Chu) Pupil health: mental health professionals.

B. SB 163 (Portantino) Healthcare coverage: pervasive developmental disorder or autism.

C. SB 201 (Wiener) Medical procedures: treatment or intervention: sex characteristics of a minor.

D. AB 71 (Melendez) Employment standards: independent contractors and employees.

E. AB 166 (Gabriel) Medi-Cal: violence prevention counseling services.

F. AB 184 (Mathis) Board of Behavioral Sciences: registrants and licensees.

G. AB 189 (Kamlager-Dove) Child abuse or neglect: mandated reporters: autism service personnel.

H. AB 193 (Patterson) Professions and vocations.

I. AB 241 (Kamlager-Dove) Implicit bias: continuing education: requirements.

J. AB 312 (Cooley) State government: administrative regulations: review.

K. AB 396 (Eggman) School employees: School Social Worker Pilot Program.

L. AB 469 (Petrie-Norris) State records management: records management coordinator.

M. AB 476 (Rubio, Blanca) Department of Consumer Affairs: task force: foreign-trained professionals.

N. AB 496 (Low) Business and professions.

O. AB 512 (Ting) Medi-Cal: specialty mental health services.

P. AB 536 (Frazier) Developmental services.

Q. AB 565 (Maienschein) Mental health workforce planning: loan forgiveness, loan repayment, and scholarship programs.

R. AB 577 (Eggman) Medi-Cal: maternal mental health.

S. AB 613 (Low) Professions and vocations: regulatory fees.

T. AB 630 (Arambula) Board of Behavioral Sciences: marriage and family therapists: clinical social workers: educational psychologists: professional clinical counselors: required notice.

U. AB 744 (Aguiar-Curry) Healthcare coverage: telehealth.

V. AB 768 (Brough) Professions and vocations.

W. AB 770 (Garcia, Eduardo) Medi-Cal: federally qualified health clinics: rural health clinics.

X. AB 895 (Muratsuchi) School-based early mental health intervention and prevention services.

Y. AB 1055 (Levine) Mental health: involuntary commitment.

Z. AB 1058 (Salas) Medi-Cal: specialty mental health services and substance use disorder treatment.

AA. AB 1271 (Diep) Licensing examinations: report.

BB. AB 1601 (Ramos) Office of Emergency Services: behavioral health response.

CC. SB 331 (Hurtado) Suicide-prevention: strategic plans.

DD. SB 601 (Morrell) State agencies: licenses: fee waiver.

EE. SB 639 (Mitchell) Medical services: credit or loan.

3. Newly Introduced Bills – Potential Action to Recommend the Board Watch Spot Bills

A. AB 5 (Gonzalez) Worker status: independent contractors.

B. AB 289 (Fong) Public records appeals: ombudsman.

C. AB 862 (Kiley) Professional licenses.

D. AB 994 (Mathis) Health care practitioner identification.

E. AB 1132 (Gabriel) The Information Practices Act of 1977.

F. AB 1184 (Gloria) Public records.

G. AB 1201 (Boerner Horvath) Unfair Practices Act.

H. AB 1264 (Petrie-Norris) Department of Consumer Affairs.

I. AB 1474 (Wicks) Mental Health Master Plan.

J. AB 1752 (Kalra) Consumers.

K. SB 144 (Mitchell) Fees: criminal administrative fees.

L. SB 180 (Chang) Health care professionals.

M. SB 181 (Chang) Healing arts boards.

N. SB 342 (Hertzberg) Consumer complaints.

O. SB 546 (Hueso) Unlicensed activity.

P. SB 700 (Roth) Business and professions: noncompliance with support orders and tax delinquencies.

Q. SB 749 (Durazo) California Public Records Act.

d. Update on California Psychological Association Legislative Proposal Regarding New Registration Category for Psychological Testing Technicians

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 (Foo)

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

e. 16 CCR Section 1395.2 – Disciplinary Guidelines

f. 16 CCR Sections 1394 – Substantial Relationship Criteria; Section 1395 – Rehabilitation Criteria for Denials and Reinstatements; Section 1395.1 – Rehabilitation Criteria for Denials Suspensions or Revocations

25. Enforcement Report (S. Monterrubio)

a. Statistical Update

b. Discussion and Potential Action on Designating Cases as Precedential Decisions

26. Enforcement Committee Report and Consideration of Committee Recommendations (Acquaye-Baddoo – Chairperson, Phillips)

a. Child Custody Summary Report and Committee Recommendation

b. Guidelines for Petition Hearings

c. Consideration of Designation of the Decision in the Matter of the Citation and Fine against Shari Lorraine Schreiber (Case No. 2017090162) as a Precedential Decision

27. 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 Wednesday may be held over to Thursday or Friday; Thursday may be held over to Friday; items scheduled to be heard on Thursday may be moved up to Wednesday; items scheduled to be heard on Friday may be moved up to Wednesday or 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.

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