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 781.414 - Issuance License Certificates

The licensee must include the license title or associated initials in all professional uses of the licensee's name as required by the Act, §505.351, as in Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW; Licensed Master Social Worker - LMSW; or Licensed Baccalaureate Social Worker - LBSW. If the licensee holds a specialty recognition, he or she shall use the specialty recognition initials as well: Licensed Master Social Worker with non-clinical Independent Practice Recognition - LMSW-IPR; Licensed Baccalaureate Social Worker with non-clinical Independent Practice Recognition - LBSW-IPR; or Licensed Master Social Worker with Advanced Practitioner Recognition -LMSW-AP.