Cal. Business and Professions Code § 4996.1 (2026)

(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.

(b)This section shall become operative on January 1, 2016.