Licensing Requirements

Every applicant for a license as a social worker shall submit evidence satisfactory to the Board that the applicant meets the following requirements:

(a)For the Licensed Bachelor Social Worker (L.B.S.W.), the applicant must:

(1)hold a Bachelor’s degree from a college or university in a social work program accredited by or deemed to be equivalent to a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education; and

(2)have passed the basic level national examination given by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB).

(b)For the Licensed Master’s Social Worker (L.M.S.W.), the applicant must:

(1)hold a Master’s degree from a college or university in a social work program accredited by or deemed to be equivalent to an accredited program by the Council on Social Work Education or a doctoral degree from a doctoral degree program in social work accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges or a comparable regional accreditation body; and

(2)have passed the intermediate higher-level national examination given by the Association of Social Work Board

(ASWB)or has been credentialed by the Association of Certified Social Workers (ACSW).

(c)For the Licensed Clinical Social Worker (L.C.S.W.), the applicant must:

(1)meet the educational requirements in Subsection

(b)of this § 122319;

(2)have passed the clinical level national examination given by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB); and

(3)have provided evidence of successful completion of at last three thousand (3,000) hours of post masters clinical social work experience under the supervision, and completed within no fewer than two

(2)years, but within no more than five

(5)years. Clinical social work experience shall include a minimum of two thousand (2,000) hours of assessment, clinical diagnosis and psychotherapy; no more than a maximum of nine hundred

(900)hours of client-centered advocacy, consultation, and evaluation; and at least one hundred

(100)hours of direct face-toface supervision. At least sixty

(60)of the one hundred

(100)hours of direct face-to-face supervision shall have been individualized supervision, and the remaining forty

(40)hours may have been under small group (up to six

(6)supervisees) supervision; provided, that the supervisor shall have been a licensed clinical social worker with at least four thousand five hundred (4,500) hours of post masters clinical social work experience.

(d)For the first five

(5)years upon enactment of this Act, the following individuals shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of a supervisor:

(1)a person with a master’s degree in social work with at least four thousand five hundred (4,500) post masters clinical social work experience; or

(2)an individual who is a Diplomate in Clinical Social Work

(DCSW)or holds a Board Certified Diplomate Certification (BCD); or a board certified psychiatrist, psychologist, or advanced practice registered nurse who has a minimum of four thousand five hundred (4,500) hours of post masters clinical experience in assessment, clinical diagnosis, and psychotherapy. CH. 12 MEDICAL PRACTICES - PART II

(e)Supervision shall have occurred in an agency setting that provided clinical diagnosis and psychotherapy.

(f)An applicant who submits evidence of certification as a Qualified Clinical Social Worker

(QCSW)or Diplomate in Clinical Social Work

(DCSW)by the National Association of Social Workers or as a Board Certified Diplomate by the American Board of Examiners shall be deemed to have satisfied the experience requirements of this Section.