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Cal. Business and Professions Code § 4980.02 : California Business And Professions Code — Healing Arts — Licensed Marriage And Family Therapists — Regulation — Practice of marriage and family therapy

Current through the 2016 Legislative Session

For the purposes of this chapter, the practice of marriage and family therapy shall mean that service performed with individuals, couples, or groups wherein interpersonal relationships are examined for the purpose of achieving more adequate, satisfying, and productive marriage and family adjustments. This practice includes relationship and premarriage counseling. .

The application of marriage and family therapy principles and methods includes, but is not limited to, the use of applied psychotherapeutic techniques, to enable individuals to mature and grow within marriage and the family, the provision of explanations and interpretations of the psychosexual and psychosocial aspects of relationships, and the use, application, and integration of the coursework and training required by Sections 4980.36, 4980.37, and 4980.41, as applicable.

Ca. Bus. and Prof. Code § 4980.02
Amended by Stats 2009 ch 26 (SB 33),s 2, eff. 1/1/2010.
Amended by Stats 2004 ch 204 (AB 2552), s 2, eff. 1/1/2005.
Amended by Stats 2002 ch 1013 (SB 2026), s 14, eff. 1/1/2003.