2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 12 - Professions And Occupations
Article 245. Mental Health
Section 12-245-406. Scope of part.
(1) The practice of social work includes, but is not limited to, the following professional services: Assessment; differential diagnosis; treatment planning and evaluation; measurement of psychosocial functioning; crisis intervention; outreach; shortand long-term treatment; psychotherapy; therapeutic intervention; client education; case management; mediation; advocacy; discharge, referral, and continuity of care planning; consultation; supervision; research; administration; education; social group work; community organization; and social policy analysis and development. Social work practice also may encompass other current or developing modalities and techniques that are consistent with this scope.
A person may not state that he or she is engaged in the practice of social work as asocial worker, or refer to himself or herself as a social worker, unless the person is licensed pursuant to this part 4 or has completed an earned social work degree, as specified in section 12245-401 (9). A person may not practice as a clinical social worker unless licensed pursuant to section 12-245-404 (2) or licensed to practice social work and supervised pursuant to section 12245-404 (1) or (2).
No person may supervise the practice of social work for the purpose of licensurecompliance or disciplinary proceedings unless approved by the board pursuant to section 12245-404.
Nothing in this part 4 shall be construed to prevent members of other professionslicensed under the laws of this state from rendering services within the scope of practice so long as they do not represent themselves to be social workers or their services as social work.
Nothing in this part 4 prevents the practice of psychotherapy by persons registeredwith the state board of unlicensed psychotherapists pursuant to section 12-245-703.
Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1272, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2020: (3) and (5) amended, (HB 20-1206), ch. 304, pp. 1533, 1548, §§ 19, 57, effective July 14.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-43-406 as it existed prior to 2019.
