Texas Administrative Code
Title 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS
Part 34 - TEXAS STATE BOARD OF SOCIAL WORKER EXAMINERS
Chapter 781 - SOCIAL WORKER LICENSURE
Subchapter C - APPLICATION AND LICENSING
Section 781.401 - Qualifications for Licensure
Universal Citation: 22 TX Admin Code ยง 781.401
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) Licensure. The following education and experience is required for licensure as designated. If an applicant for a license has held a substantially equivalent license in good standing in another jurisdiction for one year immediately preceding the date of application, the applicant will be deemed to have met the experience requirement under this chapter.
(1) Licensed
Clinical Social Worker (LCSW).
(A) Has been
conferred a master's degree in social work from a CSWE-accredited social work
program, or a doctoral degree in social work from an accredited institution of
higher learning acceptable to the Council, and has documentation in the form of
a university transcript of successfully completing a field placement in social
work.
(B) Has had 3000 hours of
supervised professional clinical experience over a period of at least 24
months, or its equivalent if the experience was completed in another
jurisdiction. Hours accrued in non-clinical settings may be used to satisfy the
requirements of this rule if the applicant works at least 4 hours per week
providing clinical social work as defined in §
781.102 of this title.
(C) Has had a minimum of 100 hours of
supervision, over the course of the 3000 hours of supervised experience, with a
Council approved supervisor. If the social worker completed supervision in
another jurisdiction, the social worker shall have the supervision verified by
the regulatory authority in the other jurisdiction. If such verification is
impossible, the social worker may request that the Council accept alternate
verification of supervision.
(D)
Has passed the Clinical examination administered nationally by
ASWB.
(2) Licensed Master
Social Worker (LMSW).
(A) Has been conferred
a master's degree in social work from a CSWE-accredited social work program, or
a doctoral degree in social work from an accredited university acceptable to
the Council, and has documentation in the form of a university transcript of
successfully completing a field placement in social work.
(B) Has passed the Master's examination
administered nationally by ASWB.
(3) Licensed Baccalaureate Social Worker
(LBSW).
(A) Has been conferred a
baccalaureate degree in social work from a CSWE accredited social work
program.
(B) Has passed the
Bachelors examination administered nationally by
ASWB.
(b) Specialty Recognition. The following education and experience is required for Independent Non-clinical Practice specialty recognitions.
(1) Is currently licensed in the State of
Texas as an LBSW or LMSW.
(2) While
fully licensed as a social worker has had 3000 hours of supervised full-time
social work experience over a minimum two-year period, or its equivalent if the
experience was completed in another state. Supervised professional experience
must comply with §
781.404 of this title and all
other applicable laws and rules.
(3) Has had a minimum of 100 hours of
supervision, over the course of the 3000 hours of experience, with a
Council-approved supervisor. If supervision was completed in another
jurisdiction, the social worker shall have the supervision verified by the
regulatory authority in the other jurisdiction. If such verification is
impossible, the social worker may request that the Council accept alternate
verification.
(c) Applicants for a license must complete the Council's jurisprudence examination and submit proof of completion at the time of application.
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