# KRS § 335.090: 335.090 License, licensed social worker -- Requirements -- Issuance

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## Section

- **Citation:** KRS § 335.090
- **Heading:** 335.090 License, licensed social worker -- Requirements -- Issuance
- **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 335 / Section 335.090

## Text

335.090 License, licensed social worker -- Requirements -- Issuance.

(1) The board shall issue a license as "licensed 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) 1. Has received a baccalaureate degree in a social work or social welfare

program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education; or

2. Has received a baccalaureate degree and has completed courses

equivalent to a social work or social welfare program as determined 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.

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