Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) An applicant
for licensure as a licensed clinical social worker shall meet the experience
requirement for licensure by submitting documentation of three years of
full-time supervised clinical social work experience in diagnosis,
psychotherapy, and assessment-based treatment plans, or the part-time
equivalent, or a combination of full-time and part-time supervised clinical
social work experience in diagnosis, psychotherapy, and assessment-based
treatment plans, completed over a period not to exceed six years, in accordance
with the requirements of section
74.6 of this Part. For purposes of
this subdivision, the full-time experience shall consist of not less than 2,000
client contact hours over a continuous period of at least 36 months and not to
exceed six years.
(1) Experience obtained in
New York must be obtained as a licensed master social worker (LMSW) or limited
permit holder, except the department may, in limited circumstances, accept
other experience where an applicant demonstrates that such experience was
obtained in an authorized setting and under the supervision of a qualified
supervisor. Experience obtained in another jurisdiction must be obtained after
the applicant completes the master's degree program in social work required for
licensure in licensed clinical social work, as prescribed in section
74.1(c) of this
Part, and such experience must be obtained in a setting authorized in such
jurisdiction to provide such services and be under the supervision of a
qualified supervisor acceptable to the department.
(2) The supervised experience shall be
obtained in a setting acceptable to the department, as defined in section
74.6(a) of this
Part.
(3) The supervision shall be
provided by a supervisor who meets the requirements of section
74.6(c)(2) of this
Part.
(4) The supervisor(s) shall
verify the applicant's supervised experience to the department on forms
prescribed by the department. The department may request additional information
or clarification in regard to the supervisor's qualifications or the authority
of the setting to provide professional services. In the event a supervisor is
deceased or not available, the verification may be submitted by a licensed
colleague who attests to the name and qualifications of the supervisor, the
dates of supervised experience, client contact hours and supervision hours and
other information required by the department to evaluate the applicant's
supervised experience.
