Article 5 - Penalties

California Business and Professions Code — §§ 2970-2971

Sections (2)

Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 12. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by both.

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 787, Sec. 43. (SB 775) Effective January 1, 2026.

Whenever any person other than a licensed psychologist, registered psychological associate, psychological testing technician, research psychoanalyst, or student research psychoanalyst has engaged in any act or practice that constitutes an offense against this chapter, the superior court of any county, on application of the board, may issue an injunction or other appropriate order restraining that conduct. Proceedings under this section shall be governed by Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 525) of Title 7, Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, except that it shall be presumed that there is no adequate remedy at law, and that irreparable damage will occur if the violation continues. On the written request of the board, or on its own motion, the board may

commence action in the superior court under this section.