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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 335 SOCIAL WORKERS AND PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS
335.010 Purposes -- Exemptions.
Download pdfunprofessional conduct on the part of qualified social workers by providing
regulatory authority over persons who hold themselves out to the public as social
workers. (2) The purpose of KRS 335.010 to 335.160 and KRS 335.990 is to promote high standards of professional performance for those engaged in the profession of social
work by regulating the title, and by setting standards of qualification, training, and
experience for those who seek to engage in the practice of social work. (3) Nothing contained in KRS 335.010 to 335.160 and KRS 335.990 shall be applicable to employees of the State Department of Education or local boards of
education who meet the certification requirements in the area of social work as
established, or which may be established, by the Kentucky Board of Education. Nor
shall anything in KRS 335.010 to 335.160 and KRS 335.990 be construed to apply
to, limit, or restrict the regulation of the title, setting of standards, qualifications,
training, or experience of those who seek to engage in the practice of social work
and who have been, or will be, certified by the Kentucky Board of Education for the
position for which they have been employed. (4) Nothing contained in KRS 335.010 to 335.160 and KRS 335.990 shall require persons employed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the director or
administrative head of a social service agency or division of a city, county or urban-
county government, or applicants for such employment to be licensed. (5) Nothing contained in KRS 335.010 to 335.160 and KRS 335.990 shall require persons employed by church-related or church-operated or affiliated agencies,
children's homes, neighborhood centers, or other philanthropic and nonprofit field
service offices to be licensed. The provisions of KRS 335.010 to 335.160 and KRS
335.990 shall not be construed to apply to, limit, or restrict the regulation of the
title, setting of standards, qualifications, training, and experience of those engaged
as employees of such entities in the practice of social work or applied social
counseling. (6) Nothing contained in KRS 335.010 to 335.160 and 335.990 shall prohibit volunteer health practitioners from providing services under KRS 39A.350 to 39A.366. Effective: June 26, 2007
History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 96, sec. 18, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 362, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts
ch. 188, sec. 261, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 155,
sec. 82, effective June 17, 1978; and ch. 288, sec. 7, effective June 17, 1978. --
Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 279, sec. 1.
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