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Applications received BEFORE or ON THE DATES listed below have been completed. If your app was rcvd PRIOR to these dates...
02/18/2026

Applications received BEFORE or ON THE DATES listed below have been completed. If your app was rcvd PRIOR to these dates, please check your email/mail for communication from BBS or testing vendor.

If your app was rcvd AFTER the dates listed, it is pending and has not been evaluated yet. Staff is unable to provide status checks on apps still pending review.

IF YOUR RECEIVED DATE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROCESSED and you have not received an email, a mailed letter, or cannot look up your associate number on DCA License Search, https://search.dca.ca.gov/, Message the Board at https://www.bbs.ca.gov/about/contact_us.html.

Received date is the date the Board received your application. Apps are processed in date order RECEIVED. If you don't know your RECEIVED date, please consider it approx 1 wk after mailing. SUBMISSION date in Breeze is the date payment was cashiered. Payments can take up to 4 weeks to be processed from date the Board RECEIVED your application.

Pending Associate Apps โ€“ If your app status in Breeze was pending or open and now it is not in your Breeze account, your app has probably been approved. You can check your BreEZe account OR use the License Search feature to see if your associate number has been issued, https://search.dca.ca.gov/. You should receive your certificate in the mail approximately 1 week after it is issued.

You will be emailed if something is missing from your application. If your application was missing items, please provide the required documentation to the Board and if sent from a 3rd party, email the evaluator/unit who notified you of the deficiency. Please allow 2-4 weeks for processing and an update.

๐Ÿ””Board Meeting WeekThe next Board Meeting is scheduled this week  February 19-20, 2026. Please see the Meeting Notice an...
02/17/2026

๐Ÿ””Board Meeting Week

The next Board Meeting is scheduled this week February 19-20, 2026. Please see the Meeting Notice and Agenda below for details,

https://www.bbs.ca.gov/pdf/agen_notice/2026/20260219_20_agenda.pdf

๐ŸšจTemporary Fee Reductions Approved!Title 16, California Code of Regulations sections 1816, 1816.1, 1816.2, and 1816.4 ha...
02/12/2026

๐ŸšจTemporary Fee Reductions Approved!

Title 16, California Code of Regulations sections 1816, 1816.1, 1816.2, and 1816.4 have been amended to set a fee for renewal, application for registration, initial license issuance, law and ethics examination, LMFT clinical examination, LEP written examination and application for licensure that is 50% of the current established fee. These reduced fees would be in place from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2030.

Starting on July 1, 2026, the following fee reductions will take place:

-Annual Renewal (AMFT, ASW, APCC): Reduced from $150 to $75

-Biennial Active Renewal (LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, LEP): Reduced from $200 to $100

-Registration Application (AMFT, ASW, APCC): Reduced from $150 to $75

-Initial License Issuance (LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, LEP): Reduced from $200 to $100

-California Law & Ethics Exam (LMFT, LCSW, LPCC): Reduced from $150 to $75

-LMFT Clinical Exam and LEP Written Exam: Reduced from $250 to $125*

-License Application (LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, LEP): Reduced from $250 to $125

These temporary fee reductions are set for a four-year period and expire June 30, 2030.

*Reduced fees do not apply to exams which are not board-administered.

You can find all documents related to the fee reduction on the Boardโ€™s website under the โ€œRegulationsโ€ drop-down menu in the โ€œApproved Regulationsโ€ section.

Link to the Boards webpage: https://www.bbs.ca.gov/about/law_reg.html

Applications received BEFORE or ON THE DATES listed below have been completed. If your app was rcvd PRIOR to these dates...
02/11/2026

Applications received BEFORE or ON THE DATES listed below have been completed. If your app was rcvd PRIOR to these dates, please check your email/mail for communication from BBS or testing vendor.

If your app was rcvd AFTER the dates listed, it is pending and has not been evaluated yet. Staff is unable to provide status checks on apps still pending review.

IF YOUR RECEIVED DATE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROCESSED and you have not received an email, a mailed letter, or cannot look up your associate number on DCA License Search, https://search.dca.ca.gov/, Message the Board at https://www.bbs.ca.gov/about/contact_us.html.

Received date is the date the Board received your application. Apps are processed in date order RECEIVED. If you don't know your RECEIVED date, please consider it approx 1 wk after mailing. SUBMISSION date in Breeze is the date payment was cashiered. Payments can take up to 4 weeks to be processed from date the Board RECEIVED your application.

Pending Associate Apps โ€“ If your app status in Breeze was pending or open and now it is not in your Breeze account, your app has probably been approved. You can check your BreEZe account OR use the License Search feature to see if your associate number has been issued, https://search.dca.ca.gov/. You should receive your certificate in the mail approximately 1 week after it is issued.

You will be emailed if something is missing from your application. If your application was missing items, please provide the required documentation to the Board and if sent from a 3rd party, email the evaluator/unit who notified you of the deficiency. Please allow 2-4 weeks for processing and an update.

๐Ÿ“Œ๐Ÿ—๐ŸŽ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜ ๐‘๐”๐‹๐„IF YOU WILL BE SUBMITTING HOURS UNDER THE 90-DAY RULE PLEASE READ BELOW:Applicants who graduate on or after ...
02/10/2026

๐Ÿ“Œ๐Ÿ—๐ŸŽ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜ ๐‘๐”๐‹๐„

IF YOU WILL BE SUBMITTING HOURS UNDER THE 90-DAY RULE PLEASE READ BELOW:

Applicants who graduate on or after January 1, 2020 may only count post-degree hours of supervised experience gained under the 90-day rule if the workplace required the applicant to complete Live Scan fingerprinting prior to gaining post-degree experience hours and the Board received your registration application within 90 days of the qualifying degree award date.

Applicants are required to submit the State of California โ€œRequest for Live Scan Service'โ€ form along with their licensure application. No substitutions or alternative documents will be accepted, as state law mandates this specific form.

๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐’๐œ๐š๐ง ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ'๐ฌ ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐’๐œ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ—๐ŸŽ-๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž.

Please review the 90-Day FAQ carefully to ensure you fully understand all requirements, as this is the most common cause of deficiencies in licensing applications and may impact the approval of your application. If you have additional questions, please contact the appropriate licensing unit.

90 Day FAQ:https://www.bbs.ca.gov/pdf/90day_rule.pdf

๐Ÿ“ŒNotice from BBSโ€™s Criminal Conviction UnitLicensees are encouraged to take a moment to carefully review all renewal app...
02/05/2026

๐Ÿ“ŒNotice from BBSโ€™s Criminal Conviction Unit

Licensees are encouraged to take a moment to carefully review all renewal application questions before submitting them. Pay special attention to the question about any "Convictions or Disciplinary Actions Since The Last Renewal Period". Not disclosing required information may result in disciplinary action!

An affirmative response alerts the Board and could lead to an investigation, depending on what is disclosed. Itโ€™s important to answer honestly and accurately. Providing a brief explanation and any supporting documents helps the Board understand the situation more quickly.

Not providing an explanation will result in an enforcement case being opened, and failure to respond to the Boardโ€™s followโ€‘up inquiry may be considered unprofessional conduct.

If the Board is already reviewing the incident, or has completed its review, notifying us that the disclosure is not new can help resolve the alert more quickly and avoid the need for Board staff to conduct additional investigation and send follow-up inquiries to the licensee.

๐Ÿ“ฃLicensing ReminderThe Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) kindly requests that registrants refrain from submitting super...
01/30/2026

๐Ÿ“ฃLicensing Reminder

The Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) kindly requests that registrants refrain from submitting supervision documents or other miscellaneous materials unless they are being submitted as part of a licensure application or in direct response to a specific request from the Board. To ensure efficient handling of all materials, please wait to submit additional documentation until it is formally required.

๐ŸšจImportant Webinar Hosted on February 4thThe Board of Behavioral Sciences would like to promote a special webinar hosted...
01/22/2026

๐ŸšจImportant Webinar Hosted on February 4th

The Board of Behavioral Sciences would like to promote a special webinar hosted by the Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI). This webinar will cover the Medi-Cal Behavioral Health Scholarship Program and will take place on February 4, 2026, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

For additional information and webinar registration, please refer to the HCAI website using the link below:

https://mailchi.mp/hcai/launch-webinar-hcai-scholarship-for-behavioral-health-students?e=4c9f5865b6

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