{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-4996","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 4996","heading":"","body":"(a) Only individuals who have received a license under this article may style themselves as “Licensed Clinical Social Workers.” Every individual who styles himself or herself or who holds himself or herself out to be a licensed clinical social worker, or who uses any words or symbols indicating or tending to indicate that he or she is a licensed clinical social worker, without holding his or her license in good standing under this article, is guilty of a misdemeanor.\n(b) It is unlawful for any person to engage in the practice of clinical social work unless at the time of so doing such person holds a valid, unexpired, and unrevoked license under this article.\n(c) A clinical social worker licensed under this chapter is a licentiate for purposes of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 805, and thus is a health care practitioner subject to the provisions of Section 2290.5 pursuant to subdivision (b) of that section.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS [500. - 4999.202.]","CHAPTER 14. Social Workers [4991. - 4998.5.]","ARTICLE 4. Licensure [4996. - 4997.1.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"461ef50799e8c3394d4c327aa7677def04c367149ea5e4c8fdf88789f67a43e0","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-4993","next":"us-ca/bpc-4996.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}