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      "limitations": "Published pass rates describe test cohorts; they do not predict an individual's result or rank preparation vendors.",
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        {
          "name": "California BBS examination statistics",
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        {
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      "coverage": "Eight Board newsletter issues, 286 entries counted, and a de-identified teaching set of decisions.",
      "limitations": "The library is educational and selective. Stipulated allegations are not admissions, and the pages deliberately omit personal names.",
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        {
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      "id": "training-ce-directory",
      "title": "Training and CE directory",
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      "coverage": "Dated specialty-training records and the governing California CE requirement.",
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        {
          "name": "California BBS continuing education",
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      "id": "practice-vault",
      "title": "California therapist Practice Vault",
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      "owner": "Therapist Support editorial",
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      "coverage": "Twenty-nine versioned preparation and record resources with clause-level source links, editable Word files, and print-ready PDFs.",
      "limitations": "The resources are educational working aids, not official forms, legal advice, clinical advice, or individualized compliance determinations.",
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        {
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      "coverage": "Annual synthesis of California therapist license and registration records, BBS routes and education listings, federal public-system records, and a bounded discipline teaching set.",
      "limitations": "The report counts administrative records rather than unique working therapists; it does not estimate compensation, availability, vacancies, unmet need, or discipline prevalence.",
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        {
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          "name": "California BBS board meeting packets",
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          "name": "California BBS education resources",
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          "name": "California BBS applicant resources",
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        {
          "name": "California BBS enforcement resources",
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        {
          "name": "California BBS LCSW handbook",
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        {
          "name": "California BBS LPCC handbook",
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      "owner": "Therapist Support editorial",
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          "name": "California BBS laws and regulations",
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      "jurisdiction": "California",
      "owner": "Therapist Support product",
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      "next_review": "2026-11-30",
      "review_trigger": "Board handbook, weekly log, supervision form, category, or application-rule change; quarterly checkpoint.",
      "coverage": "A browser-only APCC ledger that applies the Board's published experience categories, weekly limits, supervision records, and application handoff.",
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          "name": "California BBS LPCC handbook",
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        {
          "name": "California BBS LPCC applicants",
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      "id": "california-asw-hours",
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      "page": "https://therapistsupport.org/asw-3000-hours-california",
      "jurisdiction": "California",
      "owner": "Therapist Support product",
      "status": "current",
      "checked": "2026-08-28",
      "next_review": "2026-11-30",
      "review_trigger": "Board handbook, weekly log, supervision form, category, or application-rule change; quarterly checkpoint.",
      "coverage": "A browser-only ASW ledger that applies the Board's published experience categories, weekly limits, supervision records, and application handoff.",
      "limitations": "Saved values remain in the browser and the result is a planning estimate, not a Board audit or acceptance of any experience hours.",
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        {
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        {
          "name": "California BBS LCSW handbook",
          "url": "https://www.bbs.ca.gov/pdf/publications/lcsw_handbook.pdf"
        },
        {
          "name": "California BBS LCSW applicants",
          "url": "https://www.bbs.ca.gov/applicants/lcsw.html"
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      "page": "https://therapistsupport.org/california-clinical-supervisor-eligibility-check",
      "jurisdiction": "California",
      "owner": "Therapist Support product",
      "status": "current",
      "checked": "2026-08-28",
      "next_review": "2026-11-30",
      "review_trigger": "Board supervisor FAQ, qualifications, agreement, self-assessment, or license-lookup change; quarterly checkpoint.",
      "coverage": "A private browser check for the person, license, employer relationship, setting, week, and records involved in AMFT, ASW, or APCC supervision.",
      "limitations": "The screen identifies questions and conflicts to verify; it cannot certify a supervisor, setting, employer relationship, or week of experience.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "California BBS supervisor resources",
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        {
          "name": "California BBS supervisor FAQs",
          "url": "https://www.bbs.ca.gov/pdf/publications/faqs_for_supervisors.pdf"
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        {
          "name": "California DCA license lookup",
          "url": "https://search.dca.ca.gov/"
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    },
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      "id": "california-lmft-renewal",
      "title": "California LMFT renewal planner",
      "page": "https://therapistsupport.org/lmft-license-renewal-california",
      "jurisdiction": "California",
      "owner": "Therapist Support product",
      "status": "current",
      "checked": "2026-08-22",
      "next_review": "2026-11-30",
      "review_trigger": "Board renewal, fee, continuing-education, or license-status change; quarterly checkpoint.",
      "coverage": "A browser-only renewal checklist connecting license status, renewal timing, continuing education, and the Board's online services.",
      "limitations": "It does not submit a renewal, verify completed education, inspect a license record, or determine whether an exception applies.",
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        },
        {
          "name": "California BBS continuing education",
          "url": "https://www.bbs.ca.gov/licensees/cont_ed.html"
        },
        {
          "name": "California BBS CE chart",
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      "jurisdiction": "California",
      "owner": "Therapist Support product",
      "status": "current",
      "checked": "2026-08-31",
      "next_review": "2027-02-01",
      "review_trigger": "Board renewal, status, fee, continuing-education, waiver, or processing instruction change; six-month checkpoint.",
      "coverage": "A private LMFT, LCSW and LPCC workspace separating the 90-day filing window, license authority, temporary timely fees, continuing-education subjects, and device-created reminders.",
      "limitations": "It does not approve a course or provider, verify a public license record, decide an exception or waiver, calculate a delinquent total, reactivate a license, or submit a renewal.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "California BBS manage a license",
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        },
        {
          "name": "California BBS continuing education",
          "url": "https://www.bbs.ca.gov/licensees/cont_ed.html"
        },
        {
          "name": "California BBS CE chart",
          "url": "https://www.bbs.ca.gov/pdf/forms/cechart.pdf"
        },
        {
          "name": "California BBS temporary fee reduction FAQs",
          "url": "https://www.bbs.ca.gov/pdf/publications/fee_reduction_faqs.pdf"
        },
        {
          "name": "California BBS CE information and FAQ",
          "url": "https://www.bbs.ca.gov/pdf/publications/ceinfo_brochure.pdf"
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    {
      "id": "california-lmft-continuing-education",
      "title": "California LMFT continuing education requirements",
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      "jurisdiction": "California",
      "owner": "Therapist Support editorial",
      "status": "current",
      "checked": "2026-08-20",
      "next_review": "2026-11-30",
      "review_trigger": "Board CE chart, information brochure, regulation, or provider-rule change; quarterly checkpoint.",
      "coverage": "California LMFT renewal-cycle education totals, one-time topics, provider rules, records, and common planning mistakes.",
      "limitations": "The page does not approve a provider or course, audit completion records, or decide whether a particular activity receives credit.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "California BBS continuing education",
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        },
        {
          "name": "California BBS CE chart",
          "url": "https://www.bbs.ca.gov/pdf/forms/cechart.pdf"
        },
        {
          "name": "California BBS CE information brochure",
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      "title": "California MFT program directory",
      "page": "https://therapistsupport.org/mft-programs-california",
      "jurisdiction": "California",
      "owner": "Therapist Support data pipeline",
      "status": "current",
      "checked": "2026-10-06",
      "next_review": "2026-11-06",
      "review_trigger": "Board education-resource revision, institution closure, program-status change, or monthly checkpoint.",
      "coverage": "A statewide comparison of MFT programs with institution-published format, cost, location, and program attributes joined to the California route.",
      "limitations": "Program facts change at different times; inclusion is not a ranking, accreditation finding, admissions prediction, or individualized degree evaluation. Confirm current facts with each institution before applying.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "California BBS LMFT applicants",
          "url": "https://www.bbs.ca.gov/applicants/lmft.html"
        },
        {
          "name": "California BBS education resources",
          "url": "https://www.bbs.ca.gov/applicants/education_resources.html"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "california-psychologist-route",
      "title": "California psychologist licensure route",
      "page": "https://therapistsupport.org/become-a-psychologist-california",
      "jurisdiction": "California",
      "owner": "Therapist Support editorial",
      "status": "current",
      "checked": "2026-08-31",
      "next_review": "2026-11-30",
      "review_trigger": "Board instruction, school, supervised-experience, examination, fee, or application update; quarterly checkpoint.",
      "coverage": "The California psychologist route from qualifying doctorate through supervised professional experience, examinations, application, and initial licensure, including the Board's three out-of-state categories and temporary-practice boundaries.",
      "limitations": "It cannot determine whether a particular degree, internship, supervisor, experience record, examination history, or application will be accepted.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "California Board of Psychology application instructions",
          "url": "https://www.psychology.ca.gov/applicants/instructions.shtml"
        },
        {
          "name": "California Board of Psychology approved schools",
          "url": "https://www.psychology.ca.gov/applicants/schools.shtml"
        },
        {
          "name": "California Board of Psychology licensure updates",
          "url": "https://www.psychology.ca.gov/applicants/licupdates.shtml"
        },
        {
          "name": "California Board of Psychology out-of-state application categories",
          "url": "https://www.psychology.ca.gov/applicants/out_of_state_app.html"
        },
        {
          "name": "California Board of Psychology licensure FAQ",
          "url": "https://www.psychology.ca.gov/licensees/faq.shtml"
        },
        {
          "name": "California Board of Psychology temporary-practice FAQ",
          "url": "https://www.psychology.ca.gov/laws_regs/sb775/bpc2912_temporary_practice_faq.html"
        },
        {
          "name": "California Board of Psychology 2026 fee schedule",
          "url": "https://www.psychology.ca.gov/applicants/feeschedule_2026.shtml"
        },
        {
          "name": "California Board of Psychology supervision agreement and experience verification",
          "url": "https://www.psychology.ca.gov/applicants/sup_agree.html"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "california-psychological-associate-route",
      "title": "California Psychological Associate route and registration clocks",
      "page": "https://therapistsupport.org/registered-psychological-associate-california",
      "jurisdiction": "California",
      "owner": "Therapist Support editorial",
      "status": "current",
      "checked": "2026-08-31",
      "next_review": "2026-11-30",
      "review_trigger": "Board eligibility, supervision, SPE, registration, fee, form, or application-process change; quarterly checkpoint.",
      "coverage": "A private decision workspace for Psychological Associate education routes, the 72-month active and 30-month inactive clocks, supervisor approval, weekly SPE rules, fees, and alternative lawful experience pathways.",
      "limitations": "It cannot determine whether a degree, setting, supervisor, week of experience, extension request, or application will be accepted by the Board.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "California Board of Psychology Psychological Associate FAQ",
          "url": "https://www.psychology.ca.gov/applicants/psych_asst_faq.shtml"
        },
        {
          "name": "California Board of Psychology application instructions",
          "url": "https://www.psychology.ca.gov/applicants/psychassis_inst.html"
        },
        {
          "name": "California Board of Psychology 2026 eligibility changes",
          "url": "https://www.psychology.ca.gov/laws_regs/sb775/bpc2913_psych_associate_eligibility.html"
        },
        {
          "name": "California Board of Psychology supervision agreement",
          "url": "https://www.psychology.ca.gov/applicants/sup_agree.shtml"
        },
        {
          "name": "California Board of Psychology SPE pathways",
          "url": "https://www.psychology.ca.gov/laws_regs/leg_sb801.shtml"
        },
        {
          "name": "California Board of Psychology exempt settings",
          "url": "https://www.psychology.ca.gov/applicants/exemptions.shtml"
        },
        {
          "name": "California Board of Psychology 2026 fee schedule",
          "url": "https://www.psychology.ca.gov/applicants/feeschedule_2026.shtml"
        },
        {
          "name": "California Board of Psychology processing queue",
          "url": "https://www.psychology.ca.gov/applicants/licupdates.shtml"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "california-psychologist-cpd",
      "title": "California psychologist CPD planner",
      "page": "https://therapistsupport.org/california-psychologist-cpd-planner",
      "jurisdiction": "California",
      "owner": "Therapist Support product",
      "status": "current",
      "checked": "2026-08-30",
      "next_review": "2027-02-01",
      "review_trigger": "Board CPD FAQ, advisory, regulation, audit, or renewal-process change; six-month checkpoint.",
      "coverage": "A private browser planner applying the Board's four renewal gates and published category caps across 15 professional-development activities.",
      "limitations": "It does not approve an activity, verify documentation, submit a renewal, or determine whether the Board will award credit in an individual audit.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "California Board of Psychology CPD FAQs",
          "url": "https://www.psychology.ca.gov/licensees/ce_faqs.shtml"
        },
        {
          "name": "California Board of Psychology CPD advisory",
          "url": "https://www.psychology.ca.gov/laws_regs/cpd_reg_advisory.shtml"
        },
        {
          "name": "California Board of Psychology laws and regulations",
          "url": "https://www.psychology.ca.gov/laws_regs/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "california-county-therapist-pay",
      "title": "California county therapist pay",
      "page": "https://therapistsupport.org/county-therapist-pay-california",
      "jurisdiction": "California",
      "owner": "Therapist Support data pipeline",
      "status": "current",
      "checked": "2026-08-11",
      "next_review": "2027-01-31",
      "review_trigger": "New State Controller county-compensation file, source-method change, or annual checkpoint.",
      "coverage": "Published 2025 county-government compensation records grouped into comparable therapist and behavioral-health role families.",
      "limitations": "Public payroll records do not describe vacancies, private-practice earnings, working conditions, benefits value, or the pay an individual applicant will receive.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "California State Controller Government Compensation reporting",
          "url": "https://gcc.sco.ca.gov/Reporting/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "california-therapists-by-county",
      "title": "California therapists by county",
      "page": "https://therapistsupport.org/therapists-by-county-california",
      "jurisdiction": "California",
      "owner": "Therapist Support data pipeline",
      "status": "current",
      "checked": "2026-10-06",
      "next_review": "2026-11-05",
      "review_trigger": "New monthly DCA public licensee file, field change, or monthly reconciliation.",
      "coverage": "California public license and registration records counted by county, credential, and administrative status.",
      "limitations": "The dataset counts administrative records rather than unique active workers and cannot establish caseload, availability, employment, service capacity, or supervision openings.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "California DCA public licensee information",
          "url": "https://www.dca.ca.gov/consumers/public_info/index.shtml"
        },
        {
          "name": "California DCA license lookup",
          "url": "https://search.dca.ca.gov/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "california-therapist-telehealth-rules",
      "title": "California therapist telehealth rules",
      "page": "https://therapistsupport.org/telehealth-rules-california-therapist",
      "jurisdiction": "California",
      "owner": "Therapist Support editorial",
      "status": "current",
      "checked": "2026-08-16",
      "next_review": "2026-11-30",
      "review_trigger": "Board regulation, statute, implementation notice, or enforcement-guidance change; quarterly checkpoint.",
      "coverage": "The California BBS telehealth rule, consent, documentation, client location, emergency planning, and cross-border questions for Board-regulated therapists.",
      "limitations": "It is educational, not legal or clinical advice, and cannot resolve another jurisdiction's law, payer terms, technology security, or a client's emergency plan.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "California BBS telehealth rulemaking file",
          "url": "https://www.bbs.ca.gov/pdf/telehealth_noa.pdf"
        },
        {
          "name": "California telehealth statute",
          "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=2290.5.&lawCode=BPC"
        },
        {
          "name": "California telehealth regulation",
          "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/california/16-CCR-1815.5"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "california-therapist-client-records",
      "title": "California therapist client-record rules",
      "page": "https://therapistsupport.org/client-records-california-therapist",
      "jurisdiction": "California",
      "owner": "Therapist Support editorial",
      "status": "current",
      "checked": "2026-08-18",
      "next_review": "2026-11-30",
      "review_trigger": "California record-retention, access, minor-record, privacy, or Board-rule change; quarterly checkpoint.",
      "coverage": "California retention, access, minor-record, and practice-closure requirements organized as a therapist operations guide.",
      "limitations": "It is not legal advice and cannot resolve litigation holds, subpoenas, payer contracts, multi-state records, clinical judgment, or an individual access dispute.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "California BPC 4980.49",
          "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=4980.49."
        },
        {
          "name": "California BPC 4999.75",
          "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=4999.75."
        },
        {
          "name": "California HSC 123110",
          "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC&sectionNum=123110."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "california-bbs-advertising-rules",
      "title": "California BBS advertising rules",
      "page": "https://therapistsupport.org/bbs-advertising-rules-2026",
      "jurisdiction": "California",
      "owner": "Therapist Support editorial",
      "status": "current",
      "checked": "2026-08-16",
      "next_review": "2026-11-30",
      "review_trigger": "Board fact sheet, examples, regulation, or enforcement-guidance change; quarterly checkpoint.",
      "coverage": "The advertising elements effective April 2026 for BBS licensees, associates, and trainees, including Board-published compliant and noncompliant examples.",
      "limitations": "The checklist is not legal advice and cannot determine whether an entire website, profile, business arrangement, title, or claim complies in context.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "California BBS advertising fact sheet",
          "url": "https://www.bbs.ca.gov/pdf/publications/adv_guide.pdf"
        },
        {
          "name": "California BBS associate and trainee examples",
          "url": "https://www.bbs.ca.gov/pdf/publications/adv_associates_trainees.pdf"
        },
        {
          "name": "California BBS licensee examples",
          "url": "https://www.bbs.ca.gov/pdf/publications/adv_licensees.pdf"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "california-psyd-programs",
      "title": "California PsyD program directory",
      "page": "https://therapistsupport.org/psyd-programs-california",
      "jurisdiction": "California",
      "owner": "Therapist Support data pipeline",
      "status": "current",
      "checked": "2026-10-06",
      "next_review": "2027-01-15",
      "review_trigger": "APA accreditation action, Board school guidance, institution closure, program-status change, or monthly checkpoint.",
      "coverage": "California-based PsyD programs grouped by current APA programmatic status, with institution-published format, tuition, length, and program notes.",
      "limitations": "The directory is not a ranking, admissions forecast, degree evaluation, portability opinion, or guarantee of licensure, internship placement, accreditation continuation, or published cost.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "APA accredited-program search",
          "url": "https://accreditation.apa.org/accredited-programs"
        },
        {
          "name": "California Board of Psychology approved schools",
          "url": "https://www.psychology.ca.gov/applicants/schools.shtml"
        },
        {
          "name": "California psychologist education statute",
          "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=2914.&lawCode=BPC"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}