California Business and Professions Code

§ 4980

BPC § 4980 Effective Jan 1, 2024Div. 2 · Ch. 13 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)(1) Many California families and many individual Californians are experiencing difficulty and distress and are in need of wise, competent, caring, compassionate, and effective counseling in order to enable them to improve and maintain healthy family relationships.

(2)Healthy individuals and healthy families and healthy relationships are inherently beneficial and crucial to a healthy society and are our most precious and valuable natural resource. Licensed marriage and family therapists provide a crucial support for the well-being of the people and the State of California.

(b)A person shall not engage in the practice of marriage and family therapy, as defined by Section 4980.02, unless the person holds a valid license as a marriage and family therapist pursuant to this chapter.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 640, Sec. 1. (AB 232) Effective January 1, 2024.