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Board approves first phase of licensure‑process changes to reduce barriers for associates and align time limits
Summary
The board approved a package of phase‑1 licensing reforms Aug. 22 to reduce registration and exam timing barriers, align experience and score‑age limits to seven years, and allow a limited, one‑time hardship exception to gain hours in a private practice.
The California Board of Behavioral Sciences approved a package of changes on Aug. 22 intended to reduce barriers to licensure for associates across LMFT, LCSW and LPCC practice acts and to align timing rules ahead of longer‑term reforms.
Phase 1 highlights Staff described the Tier‑1 (phase 1) legislative changes the board instructed staff to pursue in January 2026, including: - Allowing associates to choose when to take the California law & ethics exam (rather than requiring annual attempts for renewal), while retaining the requirement that a passing score be on file before subsequent registration or licensure issuance. - Adopting a seven‑year age limit on the California law &…
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