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December 16

New BBS experience requirements are coming January 1, 2016

New BBS experience requirements are coming January 1, 2016.  For five years the BBS is allowing applicants to choose whether they want to be evaluated under the old or new requirements.  Which should you choose?  We can help you decide!  TrackYourHours has been updated to allow you to easily see how many hours you can claim under … Continued

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December 10

Can I receive a stipend as payment?

Per the BBS you must meet one of the three requirements listed below.  The biggest issue is that you cannot be an independent contractor.  If you are classified as an independent contractor the hours earned at that site can’t be claimed.

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November 12

BBS processing of renewals and new licenses

The BBS has published the following announcement: License Renewals: Individuals holding a professional license with December 2015 or January 2016 expiration dates who wish to renew their licenses are strongly encouraged to renew as early as possible, preferably before the end of November 2015. New Licenses: Individuals seeking a new license are strongly encouraged to … Continued

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September 28

New BBS standards for practice for telehealth

As of January 1, 2016 the following standards of practice for telehealth will be effective for all licensees and registrants: (a) All persons engaging in the practice of marriage and family therapy, educational psychology, clinical social work, or professional clinical counseling via telehealth, as defined in Section 2290.5 of the Code, with a client who … Continued

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September 28

Changes to Requirements for Supervisors

The BBS Supervision Committee has recommended the following changes to requirements for supervisors (these recommended changes have not been formally submitted to the Board for approval yet): Increase the initial training of LMFT and LPCC supervisors to 15 hours for consistency with the current requirements for LCSW supervisors.

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September 9

BBS experience requirement changes coming January 1, 2016

The experience requirement changes have been approved and will be implemented on January 1, 2016.  We will update the MFT, LCSW and LPCC versions of TrackYourHours on December 1, 2015..  The updates will allow you to see how many hours you can claim under both the old and new requirements making it very easy for you … Continued

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August 31

Proposal to allow triadic supervision

The BBS Supervision Committee has discussed changing the current individual supervision requirement to a “triadic” supervision requirement.  If approved, this would redefine “individual” supervision to include either one-on-one supervision, or two-on-one.  We will notify you if this proposal is approved.

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August 31

Proposed changes to BBS experience requirements

As we have previously communicated, the BBS has proposed changes to the experience requirements.  If the changes are approved, we will update the MFT, LCSW and LPCC versions of TrackYourHours.  The updates will allow you to see how many hours you can claim under both the old and new requirements.  This will make it very … Continued

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July 28

BBS Updates the FAQs for LMFT Trainees & Interns

The BBS has updated the FAQ document for LMFT Trainees and Interns.  You can view the document here.

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June 23

Changes to how supervision is reported on BBS MFT experience verification form

The new BBS MFT experience verification form (04/2015 and revised 06/2015) changes the way the supervision per week section is populated.  The supervision per week column is now populated with units instead of hours. 

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