2015 New York Laws
EDN - Education
Title 8 - THE PROFESSIONS
Article 154 - (7700 - 7710) SOCIAL WORK
7707 - Special provisions.

  7707.  Special  provisions.  1.  Any  person  who  is licensed as a
  certified social worker on the effective date of this article  shall  be
  licensed  as  a  licensed  master  social  worker  without  meeting  any
  additional requirements.
2. Any person who possesses a master's of social work  degree  on  the
  effective  date  of  this  section,  who has five years of post-graduate
  social work employment and meets the requirements for a license pursuant
  to this  article,  except  for  examination,  and  who  files  with  the
  department  within  one year of the effective date of this section shall
  be licensed as a licensed master social worker.
3. Any person who is licensed as a  certified  social  worker  on  the
  effective  date  of this section and who has been authorized pursuant to
  section three thousand two hundred twenty-one or section  four  thousand
  three hundred three of the insurance law shall be licensed as a licensed
  clinical social worker without meeting any additional requirements.
4.  Any  person  who  is  licensed as a certified social worker on the
  effective date of this section, but who has not  received  authorization
  pursuant  to  section  three  thousand  two  hundred  twenty-one or four
  thousand three hundred three of the insurance law, who  files  with  the
  department  within  one  year  of  the effective date of this section an
  application pursuant to subdivision two of section seventy-seven hundred
  four of this article,  who  demonstrates  to  the  satisfaction  of  the
  department  that they meet the experience requirements for authorization
  pursuant to section  three  thousand  two  hundred  twenty-one  or  four
  thousand  three hundred three of the insurance law, shall be licensed as
  a  licensed  clinical  social  worker  without   meeting   any   further
  requirements.
5. Licensed master social workers and licensed clinical social workers
  may  use  accepted  classifications of signs, symptoms, dysfunctions and
  disorders, including, but not limited to, classifications  used  in  the
  practice setting for the purpose of providing mental health services.