{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-4999.11","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 4999.11","heading":"","body":"In enacting this chapter, the Legislature recognizes that licensed professional clinical counselors practice a separate and distinct profession from the professions practiced by licensed marriage and family therapists and licensed clinical social workers. As such, the Legislature recognizes the need to appropriately test licensed marriage and family therapists and licensed clinical social workers seeking to become licensed professional clinical counselors on the difference in practice between the professions.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS [500. - 4999.202.]","CHAPTER 16. Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors [4999.10. - 4999.129.]","ARTICLE 1. Administration [4999.10. - 4999.14.]"],"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":"c72a154b86785c49581df6fd22e46781b47121a11d964bbba48932b3ae18b681","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-4999.10","next":"us-ca/bpc-4999.12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}