The hearing is set for Monday, May 3, 2010 in the Senate Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development, 1:30 p.m. or upon adjournment of session - Room 3191, State Capitol, Sacramento, CA.
The hearing will be on the March 23, 2010 amended version of
SB 1282: An act to add Chapter 5.2 (commencing with Section 2529.50) to Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.
"LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1282, as amended, Steinberg. Applied behavior analysis services: California Behavioral Certification Organization
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various healing arts practitioners, including, but not limited to, marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, educational psychologists, and professional clinical counselors, by the Board of Behavioral Sciences in the Department of Consumer Affairs.
This bill would provide for the certification or registration of specified applied behavior analysis
practitioners by a California Behavioral Certification Organization, which would be a nonprofit organization meeting specified requirements, and would impose certain duties on the organization.
The bill would specify which individuals would be considered as qualified to practice applied behavior analysis services, and would prohibit an individual from holding himself or herself out as a practitioner unless he or she has complied with the act or another applicable licensing provision or is otherwise certified by certain nationally recognized entities. The bill would authorize the organization to establish specified curriculum and continuing education standards, and establish a certification and registration process, in conjunction with the California Association for Behavior Analysis (CalABA). The bill would require CalABA to implement the certification or registration process until the organization is established. The bill would set forth other disciplinary standards and hearing requirements."For specific language and full details of SB 1282, see the full text and history at the legislative website.
For further reference
Official California Legislative Information
California Association for Behavior Analysis (CalABA)
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