The Legislature requests that the Trustees of the California State University, the Regents of the University of California, and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, in consultation with the California Council on Gerontology and Geriatrics and other qualified groups or individuals, develop standards and guidelines, based on standards developed by the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, for the biological, social, and psychological aspects of aging for professional degree programs at the associate, bachelor, and graduate levels, including those programs in gerontology, nursing, social work, psychology, marriage and family therapy, professional clinical counseling, and the rehabilitation therapies. Nothing in this article shall be
construed to require any additional coursework requirements for professional degree programs.