Every person licensed under this chapter may be known as a licensed psychiatric technician and may place the letters P.T. after the licensee‘s name.

(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 632, Sec. 43. (AB 1536) Effective January 1, 2022.)

Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 4516

  • Licensee: means any person authorized by a license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated by this code or referred to in Sections 1000 and 3600. See California Business and Professions Code 23.8
  • psychiatric technician: means any person who, for compensation or personal profit, implements procedures and techniques that involve understanding of cause and effect and that are used in the care, treatment, and rehabilitation of mentally ill or emotionally disturbed persons, or persons with intellectual disabilities, and who has one or more of the following:

    California Business and Professions Code 4502