2017 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses
Article 31 - Social Work Practice
Section 61-31-3 - Definitions. (Repealed effective July 1, 2022.)

61-31-3. Definitions. (Repealed effective July 1, 2022.)

As used in the Social Work Practice Act:

A. "advisory committee" means an evaluation advisory committee;

B. "appropriate supervision" means supervision by an independent social worker or a master social worker with two years of supervised social work practice experience or other supervision which is deemed by the board to be equivalent to supervision by a master social worker;

C. "baccalaureate social worker" means a person who uses the title of social worker and has a bachelor's degree in social work from a program accredited by the council on social work education;

D. "board" means the board of social work examiners;

E. "department" means the regulation and licensing department;

F. "executive agency" means any agency within the executive branch of government;

G. "independent social worker" means a person who uses the title of social worker and has a master's degree in social work from a graduate school of social work accredited by the council on social work education and who has had two years of postgraduate social work practice under appropriate supervision;

H. "master social worker" means a person who uses the title of social worker and has a master's degree in social work from a graduate school of social work accredited by the council on social work education; and

I. "professional code of ethics" means a code of ethics and rules adopted by the board, designed to protect the public and to regulate the professional conduct of social workers.

History: Laws 1989, ch. 51, 3; 2006, ch. 4 2.