California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 4989.55

Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 113, Sec. 16. (SB 160) Effective September 17, 2025.
(a)The Board of Behavioral Sciences shall require an applicant for licensure as an educational psychologist, as defined in Sections 4989.14 and 4989.20, to undergo a fingerprint-based state and national criminal history background check, pursuant to Section 144.
(b)The board shall submit to the Department of Justice fingerprint images and related information for individuals specified in subdivision (a) who are subject to a state and national criminal history background check, pursuant to subdivision (u) of Section 11105 of the Penal Code. The Department of Justice shall provide a state- and federal-level response pursuant to subdivision (p) of Section 11105 of the Penal Code.

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Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 4989.55 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/bpc/division-2-healing-arts/chapter-13-5-licensed-educational-psychologists/article-5-enforcement/section-4989.55

Other sections in Article 5 - Enforcement

§ 4989.54§ 4989.55§ 4989.56§ 4989.58§ 4989.60§ 4989.62§ 4989.64§ 4989.66

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