{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-4996.1","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 4996.1","heading":"","body":"(a) Effective January 1, 2016, the board shall issue a clinical social worker license to each applicant who qualifies pursuant to this article and who successfully passes a California law and ethics examination and a clinical examination. An applicant who has successfully passed a previously administered written examination may be subsequently required to take and pass another written examination.\n(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2016.","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":"c9d2daae6cf8311565a164f39ca08b0e5702514f207815d249fb5e35b55906e3","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-4996","next":"us-ca/bpc-4996.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}