# KRS § 335.100: 335.100 License, licensed clinical social worker -- Requirements -- Issuance

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## Section

- **Citation:** KRS § 335.100
- **Heading:** 335.100 License, licensed clinical 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 335.100

## Text

335.100 License, licensed clinical social worker -- Requirements -- Issuance.

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

who meets the following requirements:

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

educational institution approved by the board;

(b) Has had a minimum of two (2) years of full time post-master's experience,

consisting of at least thirty (30) hours per week, or three (3) years of part time,

consisting of at least twenty (20) hours per week, post-master's degree

experience acceptable to the board in the use of specialty methods and

measures to be employed in clinical social work practice, the experience

having been acquired under appropriate supervision as established by the

board by promulgation of an administrative regulation;

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

promulgation of an administrative regulation;

(d) Has passed an examination prepared by the board for this purpose;

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

given by the board; and

(f) 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 KRS 335.990.

(3) A licensed clinical social worker may contract with a certified social worker in the

practice of clinical social work as provided in KRS 335.080(3). The licensed

clinical social worker shall assume responsibility for and supervise the certified

social worker's practice as directed by the board by promulgation of administrative

regulations.

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