Richard Pan
- Democratic
Author
Existing law, the Psychology Licensing Law, provides for the licensure, regulation, and discipline of psychologists by the Board of Psychology. Existing law authorizes the board to refuse to issue a registration or license, to issue a registration or license with terms and conditions, or to suspend or revoke the registration or license of a registrant or licensee if the applicant, registrant, or licensee has been guilty of unprofessional conduct. Under existing law, unprofessional conduct includes, among other things, any act of sexual abuse, or sexual relations with a patient or former patient within 2 years following termination of therapy, or sexual misconduct that is substantially related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of a psychologist or registered psychological associate. This bill would recast and revise the circumstances under which specified sexual acts constitute unprofessional conduct. The bill would provide that unprofessional conduct includes any act of sexual behavior or sexual contact with a client or former client within 2 years following termination of therapy and any act of sexual abuse or sexual misconduct. The bill would define those terms for its purposes. Existing law, as an exception to the provisions described above that authorize specified disciplinary action by the board, requires that an order of revocation of a registration or license be included in a specified administrative adjudication decision or proposed decision that contains a finding of fact that the licensee or registrant engaged in an act of sexual contact, as defined, with a patient or former patient within 2 years following termination of therapy. Existing law prohibits an administrative law judge from staying the revocation. This bill would also authorize an order of revocation to be included with any proposed or issued decision that contains a finding that the licensee or registrant engaged in sexual abuse, sexual behavior, or sexual misconduct, as those terms are defined.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 298, Statutes of 2022.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4846.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5827.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 3).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 887.) Ordered to the Assembly.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.
Set for hearing April 19.
April 5 hearing postponed by committee.
Set for hearing April 5.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 573.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing March 22.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
(Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB401 | HTML |
| 02/12/21 - Introduced | |
| 03/04/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/06/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/18/22 - Enrolled | |
| 09/13/22 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/19/21- Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development | |
| 04/21/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/17/22- Assembly Business and Professions | |
| 08/01/22- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 08/12/22- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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