California Penal Code

§ 5068.5

PEN § 5068.5 Effective Jun 27, 2025Title 7 · Part 3 · Ch. 2

Statute text

(a)Notwithstanding any other law, except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), any person employed or under contract to provide diagnostic, treatment, or other mental health services in the state or to supervise or provide consultation on these services in the state correctional system shall be a physician and surgeon, a psychologist, or other health or mental health professional, licensed to practice in this state.

(b)Notwithstanding Section 5068, the following persons are exempt from the requirements of subdivision (a), so long as they continue in employment in the same class and in the same department:

(1)Persons employed on January 1, 1985, as psychologists to provide diagnostic or treatment services, including those persons on authorized leave, but not including intermittent personnel.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 10, Sec. 8. (AB 134) Effective June 27, 2025.