This section outlines the rules for renewing or obtaining an associate registration in California. An associate registration expires one year after issuance. To renew, the holder must apply using a board-approved form, pay a fee, report any legal or disciplinary actions, take a law and ethics exam yearly, and certify continuing education compliance. Once expired, it can be renewed if these steps are completed. However, the registration can only be renewed a maximum of five times over six years. If needed, a new registration can be obtained, but the holder cannot work in private practice with this new registration.

Under this law, professional licenses issued in this category expire no later than 24 months from when they're issued, with the exact date decided by the board. To renew a current license, the licensee must submit a renewal application, pay a set fee, certify continuing education completion as required by another law, and report any criminal convictions or disciplinary actions they've faced since their last renewal.

If your professional license has expired, you can still renew it within three years. To do this, you need to submit a renewal form, pay the renewal and late fees, confirm you've completed required education, and report any convictions or disciplinary actions since your last renewal.

If you let your professional license expire and it's been more than three years, you can't just renew it. Instead, you have to apply for a brand new license. To do this, there must be no reason your license would have been revoked if it were current, you need to pass the latest exams, submit a new application, and meet specific requirements listed in another section of the law.

If someone has a suspended license, they must still go through the process to renew it. However, renewing a suspended license doesn't mean they can start working or doing the things the license covers until the suspension is officially lifted.

If your professional license has been revoked and expires, you can't renew it. However, if you get it reinstated after it expired, you must pay a fee to reinstate it. This fee includes the renewal fee that was in place when the license was last regularly renewed, plus any late fees that were owed at the time it got revoked.

A licensed professional clinical counselor in California can request to put their license on inactive status, meaning they don't have to take continuing education courses and can't practice counseling, but they still have to pay a reduced fee and follow other rules. To reactivate their license, they must ask the board, confirm they haven't done anything that would prevent them from being licensed, pay the rest of the fee, and complete certain continuing education hours. The amount of education required depends on how soon the license will expire once reactivated.

If you're a professional clinical counselor in California and you want to retire, you can apply for a 'retired license' as long as your current license is in good standing. This retired license means you can't work as a counselor anymore, but you also won't need to renew it. If you decide to go back to work within three years, you'll need to meet certain requirements like completing continuing education and submitting fingerprints. The amount of continuing education depends on how long you've been retired. If it's been more than three years, you'll also need to pass the licensing exams again to reactivate your license.

Every month, the board must tell the Controller how much money they've collected and where it came from, then deposit all of it into the State Treasury to be added to the Behavioral Sciences Fund.

This law explains how funds in the Behavioral Sciences Fund should be used. The money, once approved by the Legislature, is meant to help enforce rules in the behavioral sciences field. The board must keep track of how money is spent for different licenses or registrations and report to the department each year by May 31. If there's extra money, it should be used in ways that connect to how the money was earned, such as funding education and research in each licensing or registration area.

If you have a professional license or registration and change your name, you must notify the relevant board in writing within 30 days after getting a new photo ID with your new name. You need to include both your old and new names, sign the notice to confirm it's correct, and attach a copy of your new ID and the legal document that proves your name change, like a court order or marriage certificate.

This law outlines the fees involved in the licensure process for professional clinical counselors. Application fees for licensure and associate registration are set at $250 and $150, respectively, with potential increases up to $500 and $300. For exams, fees range from $150 to $250 but can be adjusted to match costs. Failing to show up for a scheduled exam means you lose the fee. License issuance and renewals have specific fees, with options to increase them as needed. Delinquency fees apply for late renewals, and there are additional small fees for things like issuing a retired license or replacing documents. This section has been in effect since January 1, 2021.

When renewing a specific mental health license every two years in California, an extra $20 fee is added. This additional fee goes to support the Mental Health Practitioner Education Fund. This rule started being enforced on July 1, 2018.