Packer

Jordan Packer appeals the denial of his petition to mandate the State Board of Behavioral Science Examiners to restore his marriage, family, and child counseling license. (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17800 et seq.)

Effective 23 November 1970 the Legislature broadened the board’s regulation of marriage, family, and child counseling and stiffened licensing requirements. (Stats. 1970, ch. 1310.) On 19 November 1970 Packer, a licensed psychologist, applied to the board for a marriage, family, and child counseling license. Qualifications for a license then included two years’ supervised counseling experience and a master’s degree in a behavioral science from an accredited school. (Former Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17804.)

Packer’s application listed his qualifications as four years’ counseling experience, a bachelor’s degree in psychology from a state college, a course of study in a psychology master’s degree program at a state college, a master’s degree in psychology from the California Institute of Psychology, and a doctorate in psychology from the Institute for Social and Psychological Research. Since the two latter institutes'were unaccredited schools, Packer’s degrees did…