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Board adopts revised disciplinary guidelines; extends practice-monitor deadline to 90 days and makes psychological evaluations optional
Summary
The board adopted changes to disciplinary guidelines (Title 16 CCR section 1395.2) that standardize probation up to five years, permit voluntary license surrender with defined reinstatement windows, make psychological evaluations optional in many cases, and change the practice‑monitor deadline to 90 days after a successful amended motion and roll call.
The California Board of Psychology voted on Nov. 7, 2025 to adopt a revised disciplinary guideline package that staff will submit for rulemaking. The package updates Title 16, Division 13.1, Article 7 (section 1395.2) and includes several substantive changes: psychological evaluations will be optional rather than a mandatory standard condition in many disciplinary cases; probation tolling provisions for a two‑year period were clarified; voluntary license surrender with delayed reinstatement petitions will be permitted (examples in the draft: three years for surrenders not related to mental/physical illness and one year for surrenders due to mental/physical illness); standard probation…
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