2011 Vermont Code
Title 26 Professions and Occupations
Chapter 61 CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKERS
§ 3207 Examination

§ 3207. Examination

(a) The director of professional regulation shall conduct examinations under this chapter at least once a year at a time and place designated by it, provided, however, that examinations need not be conducted at times when there are no applicants requesting to be examined. Examinations shall be written. Each applicant shall be designated by a number so that his or her name is not disclosed to the director until the examination has been graded. Examinations shall include questions in such theoretical and applied fields as the director deems most suitable to test an applicant's knowledge and competence to engage in the practice of clinical social work. The director of professional regulation, with the advice of the clinical social workers appointed under section 3204 of this title, shall establish by rule fixed criteria for passing an examination that shall apply to all persons taking the examination.

(b) Examinations administered by the director and the procedures of administration shall be fair and reasonable and shall be designed and implemented to ensure that all applicants are granted a license if they demonstrate that they possess the minimal occupational qualifications which are consistent with the public health, safety and welfare. They shall not be designed or implemented for the purpose of limiting the number of licenses issued.

(c) The director of the office of professional regulation may contract with clinical social workers or with independent testing services for the preparation and administration of the exam. (Added 1985, No. 253 (Adj. Sess.), { 1; amended 1989, No. 250 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 4(d), 75; 1993, No. 98, { 27.)