Current through September 16, 2024
1. Except for an
applicant for licensure by endorsement, an applicant for licensure as a
licensed independent social worker must complete an internship consisting of
not less than 3,000 hours of supervised, postgraduate social work. The required
work must be:
(a) Undertaken in a program that
is approved by the Board before the applicant begins the program. The program
must include, without limitation:
(1) An
examination, if deemed necessary by the Board;
(2) An appropriate setting, as determined by
the Board;
(3) Supervision of the
applicant by a supervisor who has been approved by the Board; and
(4) A plan of supervision that has been
approved by the Board.
(b) Completed not earlier than 2 years or
later than 3 years after the Board approves the program. For good cause, the
Board will grant a specific extension of this period. The Board will disallow
credit for all hours of internship accrued under the program if the required
work does not result in the issuance of a license to engage in social work as
an independent social worker within 3 years after the end of the
program.
(c) Conducted pursuant to
the requirements and standards set forth by the Board. For good cause, the
Board will withdraw its approval of a particular program. Good cause for
withdrawal of approval of a program includes, but is not limited to:
(1) The inability of a program to sustain,
after 2 full, consecutive 6-month reporting periods, the minimum number of
hours necessary to complete the program as required by paragraph (b);
(2) An investigation or finding by a local,
state or federal authority pertaining to alleged practices conducted at the
setting of the program which may be deemed unethical or unsafe under this
chapter or chapter 641B of NRS; or
(3) An investigation by the Board of a
licensee who engages in practices which may be deemed unethical or unsafe under
this chapter or chapter 641B of NRS while supervising an intern as an owner,
operator, employee or contractor of an agency that is part of a program of
internship.
2.
While participating in an approved internship in this State, pursuant to this
section, an intern shall not:
(a) Hold a
postgraduate internship in another jurisdiction; or
(b) Engage in the practice of social work
outside this State.
3.
The Board will authorize a program to be conducted at not more than three
agencies simultaneously.
4. The
following activities do not qualify as supervised, postgraduate social work:
(a) Instruction in techniques or procedures
through classes, workshops or seminars.
(b) Orientational programs.
(c) Practice which is not under the
supervision of an agency approved by the Board. The Board will consider a
person to be under the supervision of an agency if:
(1) Each client who is served by the intern
is a client of the agency and that fact is clearly set forth on each contract,
release, agreement for financial reimbursement and billing statement which
relates to that client;
(2) All
records regarding clients belong to the agency and the agency has provided for
their confidentiality and safekeeping;
(3) The agency appoints a specific employee
of the agency to act as the board-approved supervisor of the intern, if such an
employee is available, or otherwise approves a nonemployee to do so;
(4) The appointed supervisor reviews the work
of the intern in the manner required for supervisors of interns;
(5) The appointed supervisor is granted
complete access to all records of the agency related to the practice of the
intern; and
(6) Any compensation
for the services of the intern is provided directly by the agency.
(d) Any other activity that the
Board determines is not within the scope of the practice of social
work.
Added to NAC
by Bd. of Exam'rs for Social Workers, eff. 9-20-88; A 5-15-92; 10-25-93;
R113-98, 1-13-99; R079-02, 1-9-2003; R142-08, 2-11-2009; A by
R025-14, eff. 1/1/2015; A by
R018-16,
eff. 6/28/2016; A by
R110-17AP,
eff. 2/27/2018; A by
R055-19A,
eff. 12/18/2019; A
by
R103-23A,
eff. 6/5/2024
NRS 641B.160,
641B.230
