This section explains that the board will issue a psychiatric technician's license to applicants who qualify and pass the exam, if needed. It also renews licenses for those eligible who apply for renewal. Once someone passes the exam and pays an initial fee, they can receive a temporary certificate to practice until their official license arrives.

If you're applying to become a licensed psychiatric technician in California and you've completed an approved program, you can apply for an interim permit while you wait to take your licensing exam. This permit lets you work under supervision while performing duties you learned in your program. It lasts until you pass the exam or for nine months if you haven't taken it yet. If you pass the test, the permit is good until you get your official license or for six more months. If you fail, the permit ends when you get the notice or on the date stated in the permit. During this time, you can only use the title 'psychiatric technician interim permittee' or 'P.T.I.P.'

This law requires people applying for or renewing certain licenses to give the board a physical mailing address and an email address by July 1, 2022. If they don't say they prefer regular mail, the board will send all important license information, like renewals and notices of missing information, to their email. The board may also contact them once a year to make sure their email address is up-to-date.

To apply for a psychiatric technician's license in California, you need to be at least 18 years old and have completed high school or an equivalent education. Additionally, you must finish a specific course involving nursing skills and specialty training for caring for mentally or developmentally disabled individuals. This training can be done at an approved school or be otherwise equivalent as determined by the school or board, and must include hands-on clinical experience. Lastly, you shouldn’t have committed any acts that would lead to disciplinary actions if you were already licensed.

This law requires psychiatric technician schools to give credit to applicants for their past education in nursing and psychiatric technician practice. They must also allow students to earn credit for other knowledge through exams or evaluations. The board will set rules about what kinds of education qualify for credit and how much credit is given. This can include experience as a psychiatric technician assistant, certified nurse assistant, or other nursing roles, as well as courses from certain accredited schools. Each school must evaluate whether a course is equivalent and eligible for credit.

If you want to apply for a psychiatric technician's license, you need to pay an application fee when you submit your application.

If you want to become a licensed psychiatric technician, you need to pass an exam given by the board. This exam happens at least once a year, and the board decides when and where it takes place.

If you have a valid psychiatric technician license from another state or country, you can apply for a California license. You'll need to pay an application fee and meet certain qualifications as decided by the board.

This law allows anyone who is licensed in this chapter to call themselves a licensed psychiatric technician and use the abbreviation 'P.T.' after their name.

The board has the option to set up a continuing education program for professionals related to this chapter, but it can't require more hours than what is already required for licensed vocational nurses.

If a board creates programs for continuing education or blood withdrawal, they can charge fees to course providers who want their courses approved by the board. These fees, charged when the course is first approved and every two years after, can't be more than what it costs the board to approve them.

This section describes the fees that providers of continuing education or courses for blood withdrawal certification must pay to get approval from the board. The initial and renewal fee is $150, but it can go up to $250 if the board changes it. However, this fee cannot be more than what it costs the board to handle these approvals.

This law says that state-employed psychiatric technicians cannot use state funds to take time off for continuing education, except for training provided by the state. However, if there's a conflict between this rule and an agreement made under specific government procedures, the agreement will take precedence. But, if the agreement needs extra money spent, it won’t work unless the Legislature approves it during the budget process.