California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 4980.10

Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 148, Sec. 1. (SB 274) Effective August 1, 2011.

A person engages in the practice of marriage and family therapy when he or she performs or offers to perform or holds himself or herself out as able to perform this service for remuneration in any form, including donations.

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Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 4980.10 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/bpc/division-2-healing-arts/chapter-13-licensed-marriage-and-family-therapists/article-1-regulation/section-4980.10

Other sections in Article 1 - Regulation

§ 4980§ 4980.01§ 4980.02§ 4980.03§ 4980.04§ 4980.05§ 4980.06§ 4980.08§ 4980.09§ 4980.10…§ 4980.54§ 4980.55§ 4980.57§ 4980.60§ 4980.70§ 4980.72§ 4980.74§ 4980.76§ 4980.78§ 4980.81

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