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Board narrows advertising rule — will not require middle names in clinician listings
Summary
After receiving organized feedback from professional associations, the board dropped a proposed requirement that advertisements include a clinician’s middle name or suffix, keeping first/last name plus license type and number as the required identification.
The California Board of Behavioral Sciences on Aug. 22 approved modified advertising regulations that remove a proposed requirement to include a clinician’s middle name or suffix in advertisements.
What changed Staff proposed earlier that advertisements include the licensee’s full legal name (first, middle and last) and license number. Associations — notably the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists…
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