§ 12-245-401 — Definitions

Colorado § 12-245-401

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 12: Professions
• Art.: Mental Health

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As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise
requires:

(1) Approved school means any university or other institution of higher
education offering a full-time undergraduate course of study in social work
approved by the Council on Social Work Education or its predecessor organization.

(2) Board means the state board of social work examiners, created in
section 12-245-402.

(3) Clinical social work practice shall have the same meaning as social
work practice as defined in section 12-245-403.

(4) Graduate school of social work means any university or other institution
of higher education offering a full-time graduate course of study in social work
approved by the Council on Social Work Education or its predecessor organization.

(5) Independent practice means practicing independent of supervision.

(6) Independent private practice means a practice charging a fee in a
setting other than under the auspices of a public or private nonprofit agency
exempt from federal income tax under section 501 (c)(3) of the federal Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

(7) Licensed clinical social worker means any person licensed under the
provisions of this part 4 as a clinical social worker.

(8) Licensed social worker means a person licensed under this part 4 as a
licensed social worker.

(9) Social worker means a person who has completed an earned master's
or bachelor's degree in social work from a social work education program
accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, or a doctoral degree in social
work from a doctoral program within a social work education program accredited
by the Council on Social Work Education, and who is practicing within the scope of
section 12-245-403.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1266, � 1, effective October 1.