Arizona Administrative Code
Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 6 - Board Of Behavioral Health Examiners
Article 4 - SOCIAL WORK
Section R4-6-403 - Supervised Work Experience for Clinical Social Worker Licensure
Universal Citation: AZ Admin Code R 4-6-403
Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A. An applicant for clinical social worker licensure shall demonstrate completion of at least 3200 hours of supervised work experience in the practice of clinical social work in no less than 24 months. Supervised work experience in the practice of clinical social work shall include:
1. At least 1600
hours of direct client contact involving the use of psychotherapy;
2. No more than 400 of the 1600 hours of
direct client contact are in psychoeducation;
3. At least 100 hours of
clinical supervision as prescribed under
R4-6-212
and
R4-6-404;
and
4. For the purpose of licensure, no more than 1600
hours of indirect client contact related to psychotherapy services.
B. For any month in which an applicant provides direct client contact, the applicant shall obtain at least one hour of clinical supervision.
C. An applicant may submit more than the required 3200 hours of supervised work experience for consideration by the Board.
D. During the
period of required supervised work experience specified in subsection (A), an
applicant for clinical social worker licensure shall practice behavioral health
under the limitations specified in
R4-6-210.
E. There is no
supervised work experience requirement for licensure as a baccalaureate or
master social worker.
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