Request For Initial Lmft California Clinical Examination (Page 2 of 2) in pdf

** The address you enter on this application is public information and will be placed on the Internet

pursuant to Business and Professions Code section 27. If you don’t want your home or work address

available to the public, use an alternate mailing address.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

EXPEDITED PROCESSING – MILITARY SPOUSE/PARTNER AND HONORABLY DISCHARGED

VETERANS ONLY

The Board is required to expedite the licensure process for (1) an applicant who is a honorably

discharged veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces or (2) an applicant whose spouse or partner is an active

duty member of the U.S. Armed Forces and meets other criteria pursuant to Business and Professions

Code (BPC) section 115.5. Download the request form available on the Board’s

website

and include it

ON TOP OF your Request for Initial LMFT California Clinical Examination.

NEXT STEPS

After the Board processes your Request for Initial LMFT California Clinical Examination, you will receive

a Candidate Handbook in the mail as your notification of eligibility. Processing times will vary

depending on the volume of applications received. You may contact PSI to schedule your exam once

you receive the handbook. For more information on the examination process, see the

Exam News

page

on the Board’s website.

TESTING ACCOMMODATIONS

All exam sites are physically accessible to individuals with disabilities. Pursuant to the Americans with

Disabilities Act (ADA) and California law, the Board and its contracted testing vendor will provide

reasonable accommodations to candidates who have a qualifying disability or medical condition.

Accommodations will not be provided unless prior approval by the Board has been granted. The

processing time will vary depending on the volume of requests received. Request for Accommodation

forms and instructions are available on the Board’s website, or by contacting the Board to have them

mailed to you.

ABANDONMENT OF APPLICATION

In accordance with Title 16, California Code of Regulations section 1806, your file will be deemed

abandoned if:

• You fail to sit for the examination within one (1) year after being notified of eligibility to take the

examination;

• You fail to sit for the clinical examination within one (1) year of being notified of passing the

standard written or law and ethics examination; or,

• You fail to retake an exam within one (1) year from the date you were notified of failing the

examination.

To re-open an abandoned file, you must submit a new application, fee and all required documentation,

as well as meet all current requirements in effect at the time the new application is submitted.

37A-299 (Revised 01/2017)

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