Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Commerce
Title R156 - Professional Licensing
Rule R156-60a - Social Worker Licensing Act Rule
Section R156-60a-302c - Qualifications for Licensure as an LCSW - Experience Requirements
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 156-60a-302c
Current through Bulletin 2024-24, December 15, 2024
(1) Under Subsections 58-60-205(1)(d) and (e), the minimum 3,000 hours of clinical social work experience required shall include:
(a) 1,000 hours providing clinical mental
health therapy directly to clients; and
(b) 75 hours of clinical mental health
therapy performed under direct supervision per Subsection
R156-60a-102(9).
(2) Clinical social work experience shall include the following:
(a)
individual, family, and group therapy;
(b) crisis intervention;
(c) intermediate treatment; and
(d) long-term treatment.
(3) Supervised training shall be obtained:
(a) after completion of the education in
Subsections
58-60-205(1)(c) and (f), and may not include any clinical
practicum hours;
(b) unless
Subsection (4) applies, while the applicant is licensed as a CSW;
(c) while the applicant is a W-2 employee
providing clinical mental health services at one of the following facilities:
(i) mental health agency;
(ii) in-patient or out-patient
hospital;
(iii) educational
institution;
(iv) non-profit
organization; or
(v) government
agency;
(d) in
accordance with the supervised training requirements of Section
R156-60-305b;
(e) under a supervisor who meets the
requirements of Subsection
58-60-205(1)(d)(ii) and Section R156-60a-305a; and
(f) in not less than 18 months.
(4) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(c), an individual may qualify for clinical mental health licensure when:
(a) exempt under Subsection
58-1-307(1)(a);
or
(b) they completed training in
another jurisdiction while:
(i) licensed as
the equivalent of a CSW; or
(ii)
engaged in the legal practice of certified social work while not required to be
licensed.
(5) The exemption in Subsection 58-1-307(1)(b) does not permit an applicant to engage in the required hours of clinical social work training or clinical mental health therapy training without first becoming licensed as a CSW.
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