335.080 License, certified social worker -- Requirements -- Issuance

335.080 License, certified social worker -- Requirements -- Issuance.

(1) The board shall issue a license as "certified social worker" to an applicant who

meets the following requirements:

(a) Is at least eighteen (18) years of age;

(b) Is a person of good moral character;

(c) Has received a master's degree or doctorate degree in social work from an

educational institution approved by the board;

(d) Has paid to the board an examination fee established by the board by

promulgation of an administrative regulation;

(e) Has passed an examination prepared by the board;

(f) Has not within the preceding three (3) months failed to pass an examination

given by the board; and

(g) Has paid an initial license fee established by the board by promulgation of an

administrative regulation.

(2) The license shall be displayed in the licensee's principal place of practice, and shall

entitle the licensee to hold himself forth to the public as providing services as

authorized by KRS 335.010 to 335.160 and 335.990.

(3) A certified social worker may engage in the practice of clinical social work by

contracting, in writing, with a licensed clinical social worker who shall assume

responsibility for and supervise the certified social worker's practice as directed by

the board by promulgation of administrative regulations. The certified social worker

shall, for purposes of this section, be an employee of an institution or organization

in which the certified social worker has no direct or indirect interest other than

employment. No certified social worker shall enter into a practice of clinical social

work until this contract has been approved by the board, and shall cease the practice

of clinical social work immediately upon the termination of the contract. At the

termination of the contract, the certified social worker shall apply for licensure as a

licensed clinical social worker or request an extension of the contract from the

board.