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Thursday, November 17, 2022

The Board plans to webcast this meeting on its website. Webcast availability cannot, however, be guaranteed due to limitations on resources or technical difficulties that may arise. If you wish to participate or to have a guaranteed opportunity to observe, please plan to attend at the physical location. Adjournment, if it is the only item that occurs after a closed session, may not be webcast. A link to the webcast will be available on the Board's Website at 9:00 a.m. November 17, 2022, or you may access it at: https://thedcapage.wordpress.com/webcasts/. Links to agenda items with attachments are available at www.psychology.ca.gov, prior to the meeting date, Thursday, November 17, 2022.

AGENDA

9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. or until Completion of Business

Unless noticed for a specific time, items may be heard at any time during the two-day period of the Board meeting.

The Board welcomes and encourages public participation at its meetings. The public may take appropriate opportunities to comment on any issue before the Board at the time the item is heard. If public comment is not specifically requested, members of the public should feel free to request an opportunity to comment.

1. Call to Order/Roll Call/Establishment of a Quorum
2. President's Welcome
3. Public Comment for Items Not on the Agenda. Note: The Board May Not Discuss or Take Action on Any Matter Raised During this Public Comment Section, Except to Decide Whether to Place the Matter on the Agenda of a Future Meeting [Government Code sections 11125 and 11125.7(a)].
4. Executive Officer’s Report (A. Sorrick)
   1. Personnel Update
   2. COVID-19 Update
5. President's Report (L. Tate)
   1. Mindfulness Exercise (Rodgers)
   2. 2023 Meeting Calendar
6. Discussion and Possible Approval of the Board Meeting Minutes: August 19, 2022
7. Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) Update
8. Budget Report (J. Glasspiegel, DCA Budget)
9. Enforcement Report (S. Monterrubio)
10. Licensing Unit Report (S. Cheung)
11. Continuing Education and Renewals Program Report (L. McCockran)
12. 10:30 a.m. Petition Hearing-Robert Francis

    CLOSED SESSION

    The Board will Meet in Closed Session Pursuant to Government Code Section 11126(c)(3) to Discuss Disciplinary Matters Including Petitions for Reinstatement, Modification, or Early Termination, Proposed Decisions, Stipulations, Petitions for Reconsideration, and Remands.

    BREAK FOR LUNCH (TIME APPROXIMATE)

13. 1:30 p.m. - Petition Hearing- Carol Davis
14. 3:00 p.m. - Petition Hearing-Letha Grayson
15. 4:30 pm- Petition Hearing-Sheila Shilati

    CLOSED SESSION

    The Board will Meet in Closed Session Pursuant to Government Code Section 11126(c)(3) to Discuss Disciplinary Matters Including Petitions for Reinstatement, Modification, or Early Termination, Proposed Decisions, Stipulations, Petitions for Reconsideration, and Remands.

    RETURN TO OPEN SESSION

Friday, November 18, 2022

9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. or until Completion of Business

16. Call to Order/Roll Call/Establishment of a Quorum

CLOSED SESSION

17. The Board will Meet in Closed Session Pursuant to Government Code Section 11126(a)(1) to Conduct its Annual Evaluation of its Executive Officer.

CLOSED SESSION

18. The Board will Meet in Closed Session Pursuant to Government Code Section 11126(c)(3) to Discuss Disciplinary Matters Including Petitions for Reinstatement, Modification, or Early Termination, Proposed Decisions, Stipulations, Petitions for Reinstatement and Modification of Penalty, Petitions for Reconsideration, and Remands.

RETURN TO OPEN SESSION

19. Public Comment for Items Not on the Agenda. Note: The Board May Not Discuss or Take Action on Any Matter Raised During this Public Comment Section, Except to Decide Whether to Place the Matter on the Agenda of a Future Meeting [Government Code sections 11125 and 11125.7(a)].
20. Outreach and Communications Committee Report and Consideration of and Possible Action on Committee Recommendations (Tate – Chairperson, Rescate, Rodgers)
    1. Strategic Plan Action Plan Update
    2. Social Media Update
    3. Website Statistics Update
    4. Update on Newsletter
    5. Outreach Activities Update
    6. Presentation by the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards on their Centre for Data and Analysis on Psychology Licensure InFocus Edition; Discussion and Questions to Follow.
    7. Review and Propose Edits to Board Publication “For Your Peace of Mind – A Consumer’s Guide to Psychological Services”
    8. Review and Propose Edits to Draft Survey Questions to Assess Barriers to Telehealth
21. Licensing Timeframes Update – Short-term and Long-Term Solutions to the Application Backlogs (S. Cheung)
22. Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) EPPP2 Update – October 26, 2022 – Board of Directors (S. Casuga)
23. Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Committee Updates (Cervantes – Chairperson, Casuga, Phillips)
    1. Legislation from the 2021 Legislative Year: Updates (M. Cervantes)
       1. Board Sponsored Legislation
          SB 401 (Pan) Healing arts: psychology - Amendments to sections 2960 and 2960.1 of the Business and Professions Code Regarding Denial, Suspension and Revocation for Acts of Sexual Contact
       2. Bills with Active Positions Taken by the Board
          1. AB 32 (Aguiar-Curry) Telehealth
          2. SB 731 (Durazo) Criminal records: relief
    2. Legislation from the 2022 Legislative Year: Updates (M. Cervantes)
       1. Bills with Active Positions Taken by the Board
          1. AB 2222 (Reyes) Student financial aid: Golden State Social Opportunities Program
          2. AB 2754 (Bauer-Kahan) Psychology: supervising psychologists: qualifications
          3. SB 1428 (Archuleta) Psychologists: psychological testing technician: registration
       2. Watch Bills
          1. AB 58 (Salas) Pupil health: suicide prevention policies and training.
          2. AB 1860 (Ward) Substance abuse treatment: certification.
          3. AB 2229 (Luz Rivas) Peace officers: minimum standards: bias evaluation.
          4. AB 2274 (Blanca Rubio) Mandated reporters: statute of limitations.
          5. SB 1223 (Becker) Criminal procedure: mental health diversion.
    3. Legislative Items for Future Meeting. The Board May Discuss Other Items of Legislation in Sufficient Detail to Determine Whether Such Items Should be on a Future Board Meeting Agenda and/or Whether to Hold a Special Meeting of the Board to Discuss Such Items Pursuant to Government Code section 11125.4.
24. Consideration of any Written Comments and Responses and Possible Adoption of 16 CCR Sections 1391.1, 1391.2, 1391.5, 1391.6, 1391.8, 1391.10, 1391.11, 1391.12, 1392.1 – Psychological Associates.
25. Regulatory Update, Review, and Consideration of Additional Changes (M. Cervantes)
    1. Retired License, Renewal of Expired License, Psychologist Fees -- 16 CCR sections 1381.9, 1381.10, 1392
    2. Inactive Psychological Assistant Registration and Reactivating a Psychological Assistant Registration -- 16 CCR sections 1391.13, and 1391.14
    3. Disciplinary Guidelines and Uniform Standards Related to Substance-Abusing Licensees -- 16 CCR 1395.2
    4. Pathways to Licensure -- 16 CCR sections 1380.3, 1381, 1381.1, 1381.2, 1381.4, 1381.5, 1382, 1382.3, 1382.4, 1382.5, 1386, 1387, 1387.1, 1387.2, 1387.3, 1387.4, 1387.5, 1387.6, 1387.10, 1388, 1388.6, 1389, 1389.1, 1391, 1391.1, 1391.3, 1391.4, 1391.5, 1391.6, 1391.8, 1391.11, and 1391.12
    5. Enforcement Provisions -- 16 CCR sections 1380.6, 1393, 1396, 1396.1, 1396.2, 1396.3, 1396.4, 1396.5, 1397, 1397.1, 1397.2, 1397.35, 1397.37, 1397.39, 1397.50, 1397.51, 1397.52, 1397.53, 1397.54, 1397.55
26. Update on Implementation of Approved Continuing Professional Development regulations -- 16 CCR sections 1381.9, 1397.60, 1397.61, 1397.62, 1397.67
27. Enforcement Committee Report and Consideration of Possible Action on Committee Recommendations (Phillips – Chairperson, Foo)
    1. BPC section 2995 – Psychological corporation
    2. BPC section 2996 – Violation of unprofessional conduct
    3. BPC section 2996.1 – Conduct of practice
    4. BPC section 2996.2 – Accrual of income to shareholder while disqualified prohibited
    5. BPC section 2997 – Shareholders, directors and officers to be licensees
    6. BPC section 2998 – Name
    7. BPC section 2999 – Regulation by committee
28. Election of Officers
29. Recommendations for Agenda Items for Future Board Meetings. Note: The Board May Not Discuss or Take Action on Any Matter Raised During This Public Comment Section, Except to Decide Whether to Place the Matter on the Agenda of a Future Meeting [Government Code Sections 11125 and 11125.7(a)].

ADJOURNMENT

Action may be taken on any item on the agenda. Items may be taken out of order or held over to a subsequent meeting, for convenience, to accommodate speakers, or to maintain a quorum. Meetings of the Board of Psychology are open to the public except when specifically noticed otherwise, in accordance with the Open Meeting Act

If a quorum of the Board becomes unavailable, the president may, at their discretion, continue to discuss items from the agenda and to vote to make recommendations to the full board at a future meeting [Government Code § 11125(c)].

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The Board of Psychology protects consumers of psychological services by licensing psychologists, regulating the practice of psychology, and supporting the evolution of the profession.