Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE
Division 2263 - State Committee for Social Workers
Chapter 1 - General Rules
Section 20 CSR 2263-1.015 - General Organization
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule complies with sections 337.600-337.639, RSMo, which permit the department to adopt rules governing the conduct of the State Committee for Social Workers.
(1) The purpose of the State Committee for Social Workers (hereinafter committee) is to regulate the practice of licensed social work as it involves the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of this state; to protect the inhabitants of this state from harm caused by dangerous, dishonest, incompetent, or the unlawful practice of licensed social work and to implement and sustain a system for the examination and regulation of licensed social workers, provisional licensed social workers, temporary permit holders, and individuals receiving supervision for licensure.
(2) The committee shall meet at least once a year to elect a chairperson and secretary by a majority of committee member votes. In the absence of the chairperson, the secretary shall preside. Additional meetings may be held as division and committee business requires and all meeting notices shall be posted in compliance with Chapter 610, RSMo, or any other applicable law or rule.
(3) Members of the public may obtain information or make a submission to the division or the committee by writing PO Box 1335, Jefferson City, MO 65102-1335. The telephone number for the committee office is (573) 751-0885 and the TDD number is (800) 735-2966.
*Original authority: 337.622, RSMo 1997 amended, 1999, 2001 and 337.627, RSMo 1989, amended 1993, 1995, 1997, 337.677, RSMo 2001.
