Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
The requirements for licensure as a licensed independent social
worker are generally set forth in division (A) of section
4757.27 of the Revised Code.
With regard to such applicants, the social work professional standards
committee hereby prescribes:
(A) That
the applicant shall apply for a license in accordance with the provisions of
rule 4757-01-04 of the Administrative
Code.
(B) The applicant shall
include with the application the required fee per paragraph (D) of rule
4757-1-05 of the Administrative
Code.
(C)
That a license shall be issued to an applicant who meets the
provisions of rule
4757-19-07 of the Administrative
Code.
(D)
Unless the applicant qualifies under rule
4757-19-07 of the Administrative
Code, that the applicant have:
(1) A master's degree in social work
and,
(2) Two years of supervised
social work experience: defined as follows:
(a) "Two years employment experience" means
at least two complete years supervised experience which includes three thousand
hours of work for a fee, salary or other consideration, during which time the
applicant was engaged in the practice of social work and held licensure as a
social worker; except that no applicant may be credited with more than fifteen
hundred hours of experience during any twelve-month period.
(b) Any supervised experience obtained after
October 10, 1986, in the state of Ohio shall be supervised by an independent
social worker.
(c) The dates that
the supervised experience was obtained, not the date of application, will
determine the type of acceptable experience required for an applicant to be
licensed as a licensed independent social worker.
(3) That the applicant pass the examination
meeting the requirements established by the social work professional standards
committee to determine the applicant's ability to be an independent social
worker. Applicants shall be pre-approved to take the examination per rule
4757-19-04 of the Administrative
Code.
(4) Applicants shall have
passed the required examination within seven years of application date, unless
they are currently licensed to practice social work in Ohio and have previously
passed the examination for independent licensure, or are currently licensed in
an equivalent capacity in another state and passed the prescribed examination
as part of the licensure requirements in that state.
(E)
Per division (A) of section
4757.27 of the Revised Code, an
independent social worker license shall clearly indicate each academic degree
earned by the person to whom it is issued. Independent social worker wall
certificates shall be prepared using the following acronyms for the degrees
noted and only those earned as of the date of issuance. All bachelor's,
master's and doctorate's shall be listed. Licensees or registrants may not use
a doctorate designation in their professional capacity unless it is related to
the field of mental health and is from a recognized accredited educational
institution.
(1) Bachelor of arts - major
social work or a related degree shall be "BA."
(2) Bachelor of social work - major social
work shall be "BSW."
(3) Bachelor
of science in social work - major social work shall be "BSSW."
(4) Bachelor of science - major social work
or a related degree shall be "BS."
(5) Master of social work - major social work
shall be "MSW."
(6) Master of arts
- major social service administration shall be "MASSA."
(7) Master of science - in social
administration major in social work shall be "MSSA."
(8) Master of arts - major social work
related degree shall be "MA."
(9)
Master of science - major social work related degree shall be "MS."
(10) Doctorate of social work - major in
social work shall be "DSW."
(11)
Doctor of philosophy - major in social work shall be "PhD."
(12) Doctorate of related area of mental
health - related area of mental health majors shall be "PhD-Other."
