DCA EXTENDS SEVERAL WAIVERS

The California Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) recently announced several waiver extensions. Here are the main extensions that apply to CAMFT members:

1. Board of Behavioral Sciences Face-To-Face Training and Supervision Waiver extends by 61 days (to October 31) the order waiving “face-to-face” training and supervision requirements for marriage and family therapists, professional clinical counselors, and clinical social workers.
2. Board of Behavioral Sciences Law and Ethics Examination Waiver provides a 61-day extension that removes the requirement that registered Associate Marriage Family Therapists, Associate Clinical Social Workers, and Associate Professional Clinical Counselors must pass the California law and ethics examination before a subsequent registration number can be issued. This waiver extension would apply to associate registrations expiring between September 1 and October 31, 2021. Associates must still pass the law and ethics examination to qualify for full State licensure.
3. Healthcare License Reactivation Extension extends to November 1, 2021 (a 61-day extension) the validity of any healthcare license that was reactivated pursuant to the Department’s prior reactivation waiver orders, which authorized inactive healthcare licensees to reactivate their licenses to active status, without completing continuing education or paying reactivation fees.

Click here for a full listing of DCA Waivers and Guidance Documents.

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