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The changes, which the board noticed and circulated for public comment, remove references to \"registered referral service\" and the registered MFT referral service and add a requirement that advertising state when an individual is supervised by a licensed person. Staff and the board said the rules are intended to ensure consumers can verify a provider’s identity in the board’s license lookup tool.

Why it matters: the amendment clarifies how practitioners must identify themselves in listings and advertisements, and it addresses safety concerns raised by LGBTQ+ groups about the publication of former legal names. Supporters said clarity helps consumers confirm a clinician’s licensing status; opponents said optional publication of former names may risk exposing transgender practitioners or harm people who have changed names after marriage.

What commenters said
Shanti Esran (state government affairs associate, California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists) asked for clarity about whether \"full name\" includes a middle name or suffix and requested updated sample advertising formats. Christy Shields, regulations counsel for the board, said the board will clarify that \"full name\" means the full name as filed with the board (which may be first and last only if that is what was submitted) and will update the board’s advertising fact sheet after the regulation is finalized.

Several commenters, including Natalie Chen, LMFT, and representatives of the Los Angeles LGBT Center (Robert Gamboa, MPP, and Joey Espinosa Hernandez), urged the board not to permit publication of former legal names or nicknames because of safety and privacy risks for transgender clinicians and disproportionate impacts on married women. The board declined to change the rule, saying subsection (g) permits but does not require use of a former legal name or nickname and that the law already allows licensees to request removal of former names from the board’s published records under Business and Professions Code section 27.5.

Staff and legal rationale
Christy Shields (regulations counsel) and staff argued the requirement that advertising include the \"full name as filed with the board\" provides a consistent, verifiable identifier so consumers can use the board’s \"verify a license\" lookup. Shields cited Business and Professions Code Section 4990.13 (authority to rely on board website information) and Board staff cited Business and Professions Code section 27.5 for the board’s process to replace former names when requested with appropriate legal documentation.

Board action and vote
The board first voted to direct staff to proceed with the recommended responses to the public comments. The board then voted to adopt the posted modified text (attachment A) and authorized staff to take the remaining steps to complete the rulemaking, including a potential 15‑day notice if non‑substantive changes are made.

Votes at a glance
- Motion to direct staff to proceed with recommended responses to comments: motion carried (recorded roll call: Annette Walker—yes; Susan Friedman—yes; Kelly Ranasinghe—yes; Wendy Strack—yes; Christopher Jones—yes; John Sobek—yes; Abigail Ortega—yes; Eleanor Uribe—yes; Justin Huff—yes).
- Motion to adopt modified regulatory text for CCR §18.11 and complete the rulemaking process: motion carried (recorded roll call mirrored the prior vote; the board authorized the executive officer to make non‑substantive edits if needed).

What the rule does and limits
- Requires advertisements to include the licensee/registrant’s full name as filed with the board (first/last/middle/suffix as submitted) so the public can match an ad to the license verification tool.
- Permits (does not require) use of a nickname or former legal name in advertising only if the full board‑filed name is also included and none of the names are false, fraudulent, misleading, or deceptive.
- Requires registrants to indicate in advertising that they are supervised by a licensed person.

Next steps
Staff will update the board’s advertising fact sheet to add a disclaimer that sample formats are illustrative, not mandatory, and will take the steps required to finalize rulemaking, including publishing the final statement of reasons and the rulemaking file.

Board members and staff cautioned that the regulation does not force disclosure of prior names for licensees who have used the board’s legal‑name change process to replace a former name; the law allows removal of former names from the board’s online publication when the statutory criteria are met.

Ending note
The board closed the hearing after receiving no additional public testimony and recorded the unanimous votes to proceed and to adopt the regulatory amendments. Final responses to written comments will be posted with the rulemaking file when the process is completed.
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The commenter said federal work‑authorization limits leave many undocumented MSWs unable to obtain W‑2 employment and therefore dependent on unpaid volunteer roles to accrue supervised hours, which she described as an undue financial burden. She asked the board to consider permitting supervised hours earned under independent‑contractor (1099) arrangements so candidates in this situation could pursue licensure more equitably.

Board response and placement on agenda
Board staff said the comment was received as a future agenda suggestion; the chair asked staff to note the request for consideration at a future meeting. No formal action was taken during the May 8 meeting; the board said it may place the matter on a future agenda for study.

Why it matters
Allowing 1099 supervised‑hour arrangements could materially affect pathways to licensure for people who cannot obtain W‑2 employment for immigration or other reasons. The board would need to review legal constraints (labor law, supervision rules, and public‑safety considerations) before proposing any change.

Ending note
The board recorded the suggestion and will consider whether to add it to a future agenda for policy development; no regulatory or statutory change was approved on May 8.
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Key Phase 1 items staff recommended include setting a seven‑year limit for exam scores, moving the timeline for taking the clinical and law/ethics exams, extending registration/experience‑hours validity from six to seven years, adding exceptions to the prohibition on working in private practice with a subsequent registration number, removing obsolete statutory language, and clarifying the acceptance of out‑of‑state clinical exam scores.

Committee action and next steps
The committee passed a motion directing staff to finalize Phase 1 draft language and to apply the changes to LCSW and LPCC statutes after initial work on the LMFT language. Staff was also directed to update licensing manuals and to return draft language to the Policy and Advocacy Committee in July 2025. The committee urged staff to accelerate work on Phase 3 measures, which would address reductions in supervised‑hours requirements for eligibility to sit for the clinical exam.

Education surveys and outreach
Committee members reviewed two draft surveys — one for educators (program approvals, practicum access, education requirements) and one for students/registrants (preparation for licensure, practicum access). The committee directed staff to finalize and distribute the surveys in May 2025 and to report results in July.

Why it matters
Committee members framed the changes as steps to reduce barriers to licensure and to address workforce shortages in mental‑health professions. Extending the validity of experience hours and clarifying exam timelines are intended to help associates who need additional time to accrue required supervised practice.

Implementation timeline
Staff will prepare statutory language and regulation edits where needed, circulate the educator and student surveys in May 2025, and return draft amendments to the Policy and Advocacy Committee in July 2025 for further action toward a January 2026 legislative submission.

Ending note
Committee members praised the pace of work and asked staff to maintain outreach to educational programs and licensure stakeholders as draft language is refined.
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Board of Behavioral Sciences adopts changes to advertising rule requiring full board‑filed name, permits optional nicknames

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