Section 2930.5.

(a) Any psychologist, who as a sole proprietor, or in a partnership, group, or professional corporation, desires to practice under any name that would otherwise be a violation of subdivision (r) of Section 2960 may practice under that name if the proprietor, partnership, group, or corporation obtains and maintains in current status a fictitious-name permit issued by the committee under this section.

(b) The committee shall issue a fictitious-name permit authorizing the holder thereof to use the name specified in the permit in connection with his, her, or its practice if the committee finds to its satisfaction that:

(1) The applicant or applicants or shareholders of the professional corporation hold valid and current licenses and no charges of unprofessional conduct are pending against any such licensed person.

(2) The place, or portion thereof, in which the applicant's or applicants' practice, is owned or leased by the applicant or applicants.

(3) The professional practice of the applicant or applicants is wholly owned and entirely controlled by the applicant or applicants.

(4) The name under which the applicant or applicants propose to practice contains one of the following designations: "psychology group" or "psychology clinic."

(c) Fictitious-name permits issued by the committee shall be subject to Article 7 (commencing with Section 2980) pertaining to renewal of licenses.

(d) The committee may revoke or suspend any permit issued if it finds that the holder or holders of the permit are not in compliance with this section or any regulations adopted pursuant to this section. A proceeding to revoke or suspend a fictitious-name permit shall be conducted in accordance with Section 2965.

(e) The committee may also proceed to revoke the fictitious-name permit of a licensee whose license has been revoked, but no proceeding may be commenced unless and until the charges of unprofessional conduct against the licensee have resulted in revocation of the license.

(f) The committee may delegate to the executive director, or to another official of the board, its authority to review and approve applications for fictitious-name permits and to issue those permits.

(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1099, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)