California Business and Professions Code

§ 2914.3

BPC § 2914.3 Effective Jan 1, 1999Div. 2 · Ch. 6.6 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)The board shall encourage institutions that offer a doctorate degree program in psychology to include in their biobehavioral curriculum, education and training in psychopharmacology and related topics including pharmacology and clinical pharmacology.

(b)The board shall develop guidelines for the basic education and training of psychologists whose practices include patients with medical conditions and patients with mental and emotional disorders, who may require psychopharmacological treatment and whose management may require collaboration with physicians and other licensed prescribers. In developing these guidelines for training, the board shall consider, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(1)The American Psychological Association’s guidelines for training in the biological bases of mental and emotional disorders.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 822, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1999.