Kimberly Kirchmeyer

Abby LeCureux Honored for Saving a Caller’s Life SACRAMENTO- Abby LeCureux, a Program Technician III with the California Department of Consumer Affairs’ (DCA) Consumer Information Call Center (CIC) was honored with the Governor’s State Employee Special Service (Silver) Medal of Valor Award for the life-saving actions she took during an…

Today, the director of the California Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) issued 6 waiver extensions: DCA Waiver DCA-21-194 Order Waiving License Renewal Requirements (Division 2) DCA Waiver DCA-21-195 Order Waiving License Renewal Requirements (Division 3) DCA Waiver DCA-21-196 Order Extending DCA-21-174, 21-154, 21-130, 21-106, 20-79, and 20-68, Extending Eligibility Periods…

Today, the director of the California Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) issued 14 waiver extensions: DCA Waiver DCA-21-180 Order Extending DCA 20-12, Order Waiving Face-to-Face Training and Supervision Requirements for Marriage Family Therapists, Professional Clinical Counselors, and Clinical Social Workers DCA Waiver DCA-21-181 Order Further Extending DCA 20-18, 20-33, 20-51,…

DCA Issues Waiver to Expand Access to Tests and Ensure the Timely and Accurate Reporting of Test Results SACRAMENTO – The Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) issued a new waiver today to expand COVID-19 testing in California and allow for timely and accurate reporting of COVID-19 test results. DCA Waiver…

Exercising the authority under Governor Gavin Newsom’s Executive Order N-39-20, the director of the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) has waived physician assistant (PA) supervision requirements to allow physicians and surgeons to supervise more than four physician assistants at a time. “In order to allow physician assistants the flexibility to…

Exercising the authority under Governor Gavin Newsom’s Executive Order N-39-20, the director of the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) waived restrictions on nursing student clinical hours. This waiver will allow approximately 9,000 nursing students to complete their clinical training programs, some of which have been discontinued by nursing programs and…

Kimberly Kirchmeyer has been appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom to serve as director of the California Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA). Since 2013, Ms. Kirchmeyer has served as executive director of the Medical Board of California (MBC), where she was deputy director from 2011 to 2013. During her time at…