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335.100 License, licensed clinical social worker -- Requirements -- Issuance.
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The board shall issue a license as "licensed clinical social worker" to an applicant
who meets the following requirements:
(a) Has received a master's degree or doctoral degree in social work from an
educational institution approved by the board;
(b) Has had a minimum of two (2) years of full time post-master's experience,
consisting of at least thirty (30) hours per week, or three (3) years of part time,
consisting of at least twenty (20) hours per week, post-master's degree
experience acceptable to the board in the use of specialty methods and
measures to be employed in clinical social work practice, the experience
having been acquired under appropriate supervision as established by the
board by promulgation of an administrative regulation;
(c) Has paid to the board an examination fee established by the board by
promulgation of an administrative regulation;
(d) Has passed an examination prepared by the board for this purpose;
(e) Has not within the preceding three (3) months failed to pass an examination
given by the board;
(f) Has paid an initial license fee established by the board by promulgation of an
administrative regulation; and
(g) Has complied with KRS 214.615(1).
The license shall be displayed in the licensee's principal place of practice, and shall
entitle the licensee to hold himself forth to the public as providing services as
authorized by KRS 335.010 to 335.160 and KRS 335.990.
A licensed clinical social worker may contract with a certified social worker in the
practice of clinical social work as provided in KRS 335.080(3). The licensed
clinical social worker shall assume responsibility for and supervise the certified
social worker's practice as directed by the board by promulgation of administrative
regulations.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 62, sec. 3, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended
1996 Ky. Acts ch. 369, sec. 12, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts
ch. 443, sec. 29, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 305, sec. 4. - Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 279, sec. 10.
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