Business and Professions Code section 4996.1

(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.

Source: Section 4996.1, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=4996.­1.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2014; accessed Jun. 30, 2025).

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