Are you Being Investigated by the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) - or - Have You Been Accused of Wrongdoing by the California Board of Psychology?
California Psychologists - Board of Psychology
2005 Evergreen Street, Suite 1400
Sacramento CA 95815
800/952-5210 information
800/633-2322 complaints
The California professional licensing defense attorneys at Spital & Associates provide aggressive and zealous representation to psychologists INVESTIGATED &/or ACCUSED of wrongdoing. We help protect your license, your reputation and your career. For a powerful and winning defense to a case and/or an investigation brought by the Board of Psychology , we get it! Since 1971, we have handled State Board licensing cases throughout California.
Call 619-583-0350 to schedule an appointment and/or a teleconfernce with our Managing Attorney, Sam Spital , an experienced and distinguished administrative law lawyer. Sam has the highest rating in California for professional licensing cases. A perfect score of 10 out of 10.
What Types of Complaints Does the Board of Psychology Investigate or Prosecute?
- Sexual contact by a Psychologist with a patient
- A Psychologist's violation of the patient's confidentiality
- Providing services for which the Psychologist has not been trained or licensed
- Drug abuse of various types by a Psychologist
- Fraud or Deceit and other crimes against a Psychologist
- False advertising by a Psychologist
- A Psychologist paying or accepting payment for patient referral
- Unprofessional, unethical or negligent acts committed by a Psychologist
- Focusing therapy on the Psychologist's &/or registrant's own problems, rather than the patient's
- A Psychologist who serves in multiple roles, i.e., having social relationships with patients, lending them money, employing them, etc.
What are the Complaints the Board of Psychology does not handle?
Generally, fee and/or billing disputes, general business policies and practices, personality conflicts, and/or those individuals licensed by other boards (for example, clinical social workers; marriage, family, and child counselors; educational psychologists; psychiatrists; or psychiatric technicians). However, these complaints usually are referred to the State Board that has jurisdiction over the individual (e.g. California Medical Board for Psychiatrists).
What if my Complaint involves a Minor Violation?
Some complaints may be deemed minor and, therefore, may be handled by the Board of Psychology seeking to mediate a resolution between the complainant and the Psychologist &/or registrant; they may issue a letter of reprimand/warning (private or public reproval); and/or set up a conference between the Psychologist &/or registrant and an expert case reviewer and/or Board staff. As defense counsel for Psychologists in California, we recommend all Psychologists not to attend any "conference," "meeting" or "interview" without experienced and qualified legal representation. Any attorney can represent a licensed professional, but you should protect your license and career by selecting a highly experienced and distinguished California professional license defense attorney. Don't settle for any lawyer when you can obtain an outstanding attorney from Spital & Associates. We handle these cases statewide in California .
How are Serious Violations handled?
If the complaint involves a serious violation (for example, allegation of sexual abuse, gross negligence or incompetence), it will be immediately referred to an investigator employed by the California Medical Board. If you are contacted during this process, you need to retain legal counsel to assist you. While a licensee might be willing to discuss the details of the complaint and wish to provide a "rebuttal," this is not an opportunity to present your version of the facts and be confident the matter will be closed without further action.
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Spital & Associates was founded in 1978 by attorney Sam Spital , a former Deputy Attorney General and Probation Officer. As the managing attorney supervising seven offices throughout California, a team of 10 lawyers and nearly 50 employees handling over 10,000 cases, Sam's relentless focus on his clients and their respective needs continues to be the paradigm for his law firm. Sam Spital is a passionate and zealous advocate, seeking prompt and favorable results. Sam's motto as your personal attorney is: "A Law Firm that Cares!" Highest quality, integrity, service and commitment to our clients are the guiding principles for everything we do.
Our goals are simple:
- Superior Ethics : We always conduct our license defense practice honorably and ethically. We will not engage in any Board of Psychology, civil or criminal case that compromises our work or our integrity or are at the expense of our clients. We don't short cut and advise our client to make any admissions and/or acknowledge any responsibility unless and until we have aggressively analyzed the State Board, civil or criminal case as well as evaluate possible defense strategies.
- Service Excellence & Powerful Defense Strategies : We deliver superior service, superior client relations and competent results for our Board of Psychology defense clients. The key to our success is teamwork, powerful, relentless and superior advocacy skills . As your personal administrative law defense attorney, our role is to "find the errors and mistakes" of law enforcement and/or the state board case. We also are proactive, not only taking the defensive but offensive stance for clients charged with any act of unprofessional conduct, civil misdeed or wrongdoing &/or felony or misdemeanor crime. We analyze every single aspect of a case: the law, the defenses, the procedures, the witnesses, and the facts.
- We are the law firm to rely on : We continue to earn the Highest Rated Professional State Board License Defense report card to be your most desirable law firm. As our client, we will provide the highest integrity, honesty and moral character. We don't assume we are going to win as other lawyers often do. We don't take things for granted. Best of all, we consistently win licensing cases statewide for our clients .
When you retain our law firm as your personal California State Board of Psychology Defense Lawyers , you can trust that we fully understand the laws and can develop a strong and effective License Defense strategy, no matter how small it may be to the most complex and egregious administrative law case, we take our clients seriously. We care about you and will take into consideration your present concerns, reputation and future status. We get it !
Often, our clients feel as if they should suffer the consequences, incur the sentence and pay the penalties because they engaged in wrongdoing. However, you should not be defined by an isolated misdeed or even a series of bad decisions . Protect your career and good name. Call our experienced Board of Psychology Defense Lawyers.
We raise Constitutional Guarantees
at all stages of your case.
We not only want to win your Board of Psychology case, we want the state to be held accountable . Our license defense attorneys believe our clients should have the best administrative law defense to prevent the government from over-reaching in all licensure cases. Aside from the multiple licensing defense strategies we develop for each client, we want to be sure that illegally obtained evidence cannot be introduced. We also want to safeguard you from violations of procedural and Constitutional guarantees. As your S killed and Dedicated California State Board of Psychology Defense Attorneys, here is how we will help by employing Powerful Strategies and asserting your:
- Right to Effective and Successful Legal Counsel
- Right to Remain Silent
- Right to Speedy Trial (Administrative Hearing)
- Right to imaginative use of Administrative Law Discovery Rules & Procedure
- Right to Subpoena and Compel Witnesses to Testify
- Right to use cost-effective and distinguished Expert Testimony
- Right to aggressively Cross Examine and Confront the Prosecution's Witnesses
- Right to challenge the introduction and use of all evidence
- Right to the use of a powerful Trial Brief
- Right to assert all Constitutional defenses
- Right to employ Demonstrative Evidence
- Right of Presumed Innocence
- Right to Testify on Own Behalf
- Right to assert Creative Options as your "master" of persuasion
- Right to negotiate Lesser Penalties and Reduced Terms and Conditions
- Right to Appeal adverse rulings, appealable errors and improper Decisions
At Spital & Associates , our experienced State Board of Psychology Defense Lawyers know the law and we encourage you to contact us for more details.
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